跨 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. またぐ、またがる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「足」+音符「夸」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

be, sit or stand astride, extend over, straddle

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
Kun (native)
  • また(がる)
  • またが(る)
  • また(ぐ)
Other languages
  • 拼音kua4
  • 한글gwa
  • Hán-ViệtKhóa

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
足(あし)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+8DE8

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰𧾷夸

Words using this kanji

  • 跨ぐまたぐto step over, to step across, to stride over, to stride across
  • 跨るまたがるまたがるの漢字表記。to mount (a horse, bicycle, etc.), to straddle, to sit astride, to span (an area, time, etc.)
  • 跨ぎまたぎstep or stride (over something)
  • 跨線こせんacross the tracks (of a bridge, etc.), over the tracks
  • 跨下こかcrotch, thigh, groin
  • 跨線橋こせんきょう鉄道の線路を跨ぐように架けた橋。bridge over a railroad (esp. a footbridge), overpass
  • 跨道橋こどうきょうoverpass
  • 跨座式こざしきstraddle-beam type

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(10 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-7-6
Four Corner
6412.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
7d6.6
Heisig
2772
Nelson
4557