賀
Stroke order
Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Meaning (Japanese)
- (ガ) 喜び。ことほぐこと。
Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.
Origin of the character
形声。「貝」+音符「加」。
Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.
Meaning
congratulations, joy
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- On (Sino-Japanese)
- ガElem.
- Nanori (used in names)
- か
- のり
- よし
- より
- Other languages
- 拼音he4
- 한글ha
- Hán-ViệtHạ
Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.
Basics
- Strokes
- 12 strokes
- Radical
- 貝(かい)
- JIS level
- Level 1
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Unicode
U+8CC0
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱加貝
Words using this kanji
- 賀状がじょう祝賀を表す手紙。 特に年賀状。New Year's card
- 賀正がしょう正月を祝う言葉。A Happy New Year!
- 賀が(ガ) 喜び。ことほぐこと。congratulation, celebration
- 賀意がい祝賀の気持ち。祝意。congratulatory feeling
- 賀宴がえんbanquet
- 賀詞がし祝いの言葉。congratulations, greetings
- 賀表がひょう国家の慶事の際、臣下が天子（天皇）に祝賀の意を表し、奉る文。congratulatory card or letter sent to the Emperor, congratulatory address
- 賀慶がけいcelebration, congratulation
- 賀春がしゅん新春、初春を祝う言葉。New Year greeting
- 賀すがすto congratulate
- 賀寿がじゅ長寿であることを祝賀すること。また、その祝い。longevity celebration, old age anniversary
- 賀儀がぎcelebratory ceremony, celebration
- 賀するがするto congratulate
- 賀の祝いがのいわいlongevity celebration (of age 42, 61, 70, 77, 80, 88, 90 or 99)
- 賀茂茄子かもなすKamo eggplant (Solanum melongena; round variety originally grown in Kyoto)
- 賀詞交換会がしこうかんかいNew Year party where greetings (or business cards, etc.) are exchanged
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
Similar-looking kanji
Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.
Lookup codes
- SKIP
2-5-7- Four Corner
4680.6- Spahn–Hadamitzky
7b5.10- Heisig
- 933
- Nelson
- 4501