Medoru
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歌
JLPT N4 SL2 14 strokes Frequency: #519

Meanings

Song, Sing

Radicals

ζ¬ 

Decomposition

βΏ°ε“₯ζ¬ 

Etymology

Pictophonetic: breath

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 14

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top
2 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
3 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
4 horizontal bottom-to-top
5 vertical right-to-left
6 horizontal bottom-to-top
7 vertical bottom-to-top
8 corner bottom-to-top
9 horizontal bottom-to-top
10 hook bottom-right-to-top-left
11 diagonal top-to-bottom
12 corner right-to-left
13 diagonal top-to-bottom
14 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
γ‚« ka
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
γ†γŸ uta

Words Using This Kanji

247 words total
Other (20 words)
舟歌 ちγͺγ†γŸ

sailor's song

ε”±ζ­Œ しょうか

singing

θ–ζ­ŒιšŠ γ›γ„γ‹γŸγ„

choir

θ–ζ­Œ せいか

sacred song

δΏ—ζ­Œ γžγ£γ‹

popular song

短歌 γŸγ‚“γ‹

tanka

εΌ”ζ­Œ けょうか

elegy

東歌 γ‚γšγΎγ†γŸ

old Kanto-area folk songs

γ‚γ‚‰γΉζ­Œ γ‚γ‚‰γΉγ†γŸ

children's song

反歌 はんか

tanka appendage to a long poem

鼻歌 はγͺγ†γŸ

humming

ιΌ»ζ­ŒγΎγ˜γ‚Š はγͺγ†γŸγΎγ˜γ‚Š

humming a tune (while doing something else)

θΏ”ζ­Œ へんか

ode in reply

θ€’γ‚ζ­Œγ† γ»γ‚γ†γŸγ†

to sing praises to

紑ぎ歌 γ€γ‚€γŽγ†γŸ

spinning song

桁葌歌 γ‚Šγ‚…γ†γ“γ†γ‹

popular song

ι€£ζ­Œ γ‚Œγ‚“γŒ

renga (early Japanese poetry form)

εŠ΄εƒζ­Œ ろうどうか

work song

ε’Œζ­Œε±±ηœŒ わかやまけん

Wakayama Prefecture (Kinki area)

ζ­Œγ„εˆγ† γ†γŸγ„γ‚γ†

to sing responsively

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