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ka


excellent, beautiful, good, pleasing, skilled




CONTENTS

Components - Individual components of the kanji.
Bushu - Kanji that share the same bushu number.
Jouyou - Same Jouyou grade.
Skip - Same skip codes.
Example - Example sentences.
Usage - Words that use this kanji.
Drawing - How to draw this kanji.
References - References numbers found in an assortment of reference books.


TRANSLATIONS

English excellent
beautiful
good
pleasing
skilled
Romaji ka
Korean ga gae
Mandarin jia1
Reading ka
Nanori (name) けい
よし
kei
yoshi
Radical name - -
      

DETAILS

Kanji
Radical no
Radical Number -
Bushu Number 9
Classical Radical # -
Frequency of use 1643
Jouyou grade level 8
Stroke count 8
Hex ID 3242
Unicode ID 4f73
Four corner code 2421.4
Skip code 1-2-6
Nelson index 3885
JIS 0208 code -
JIS 0212 code -


COMPONENTS

StrokesRadicalRad. #RomajiEnglish
2 0 ka change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization
3 32 tsuchi soil, earth, ground, Turkey



SAME BUSHU NUMBER 9

#KanjiRomajiEnglish
1 i by means of, because, in view of, compared with
2 i Italy, that one
3 kurai rank, grade, throne, crown, about, some
4 i reliant, depend on, consequently, therefore, due to
5 i admirable, greatness, remarkable, conceited, famous, excellent
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SAME JOUYOU GRADE 8

#KanjiRomajiEnglish
1 a Asia, rank next, come after, -ous
2 ai pathetic, grief, sorrow, pathos, pity, sympathize
3 aku grip, hold, mould sushi, bribe
4 kyuu handle, entertain, thresh, strip
5 i reliant, depend on, consequently, therefore, due to
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SAME SKIP CODE 1-2-6

#KanjiRomajiEnglish
1 i reliant, depend on, consequently, therefore, due to
2 atai value, price
3 ka excellent, beautiful, good, pleasing, skilled
4 kan strong, just, righteous, peace-loving
5 tomo submit, offer, present, serve (meal), accompany
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

Note: Entries from the Tanaka Corpus (Examples) should be taken as extremely loose examples only, not definitive, please read http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/tanakacorpus.html for more information.

# Kanji English
1 才子多病、人薄命。
saiko ta byou , kajinhakumei .
Whom the gods love die young.

2 子ががりがり勉強している。
keiko gagarigari benkyou shiteiru .
Keiko is studying furiously.




WORD USAGE

# Dict Kanji Hira/Kata English
1 Japanese
ka

ka
(adj-na,n) beautiful good excellent

2 Japanese
yoi
いい
ii
(adj) (1) (uk) good excellent fine nice pleasant agreeable (2) sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer) ready prepared (3) profitable (e.g., deal, business offer, etc.) beneficial (4) OK

3 Japanese
yoi
よい
yoi
(adj) (1) (uk) good excellent fine nice pleasant agreeable (2) sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer) ready prepared (3) profitable (e.g., deal, business offer, etc.) beneficial (4) OK

4 Japanese
ka utage
かえん
kaen
(n) congratulatory banquet

5 Japanese
ka kyaku
かきゃく
kakyaku
(n) good visitor

6 Classical
ka shi
よし
yoshi
beautiful, good, pleasant (ku)

7 Expressions 人薄命 
kajinhakumei
かじん はくめい
kajin hakumei
(exp,n) Beauty and fortune seldom go together; A beautiful woman is destined to die young.

8 Expressions 才子人 
saiko kajin
さいし かじん
saishi kajin
(n) a talented man and a beautiful woman; well-matched pair; the quick-witted and the beautiful; wit and beauty

9 Expressions 珍味肴 
chinmi ka sakana
ちんみ かこう
chinmi kakou
(n) rare delicacies; rare treat

10 Expressions 展望絶 
tenbou zetsu ka
てんぼう ぜっか
tenbou zekka
(adj-na,n) scenic beauty; magnificent [spectacular] view

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DRAWING

Note There is a problem with the stroke order in some of these kanji, I'm aware of it but have no time to fix it, like all online information it should be taken with a (large) grain of salt. To be clear: the problem is in the image drawing program not the Taka database.

Kanji drawing map

  • The green dot is the starting point!
  • Name above the completed radical is the reading
  • Name below the completed radical is the radical name
  • If you find an error, please email kanji at mahou.org

The stroke order information has been borrowed from the Taka Kanji Database




REFERENCES

86 New Japanese-English Character Dictionary
429 Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary
194 The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary
- Japanese For Busy People vols I-III
- The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power
87 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
- A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese" 3rd ed.
1931 Kanji in Context
63 Kanji Learners Dictionary
1450 Essential Kanji
2172 2001 Kanji" (Bojinsha)
- A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese
- Tuttle Kanji Cards
2a6.10 The Kanji Dictionary
1462 Kanji & Kana book" 2nd ed.
557, 1.0731 Morohashi Daikanwajiten (index number, volume.page)
1044 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters
1606 Gakken Kanji Dictionary
970 Remembering The Kanji
560 Japanese Names



© Glenn Rosenthal (Classical)
© Public Domain with contributions and updating by the EDICT Project. (Examples)
© Kanji Haitani (Expressions)
© The Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, Monash University (Japanese)
© The Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, Monash University (Kanji)
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