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嘉

JLPT N1 14 strokes Frequency: #1553

Meanings

Applaud, Praise, Esteem, Happy, Auspicious

Radicals

口

Decomposition

⿱壴加

Etymology

Pictophonetic: drum

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 14

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

2 vertical right-to-left

3 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

4 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

5 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

6 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

7 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

8 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

9 horizontal bottom-to-top

10 hook bottom-to-top

11 diagonal bottom-to-top

12 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

13 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

14 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

カ ka

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

よみ yomi

よい yoi

Words Using This Kanji

25 words total

Other (20 words)

嘉例かれい

happy precedent

嘉賞かしょう

approval

嘉辰かしん

lucky day

嘉納かのう

accepting with pleasure

嘉言善行かげんぜんこう

good words and good deeds

嘉祥かしょう

Kashō era (848.6.13-851.4.28)

正嘉しょうか

Shōka era (1257.3.14-1259.3.26)

嘉暦かりゃく

Karyaku era (1326.4.26-1329.8.29)

嘉禄かろく

Karoku era (1225.4.20-1227.12.10)

嘉応かおう

Kaō era (1169.4.8-1171.4.21)

嘉禎かてい

Katei era (1235.9.19-1238.11.23)

嘉保かほう

Kahō era (1094.12.15-1096.12.17)

嘉承かしょう

Kashō era (1106.4.9-1108.8.3)

嘉元かげん

Kagen era (1303.8.5-1306.12.14)

嘉慶かけい

Kakei era (of the Northern Court; 1387.8.23-1389.2.9)

嘉吉かきつ

Kakitsu era (1441.2.17-1444.2.5)

嘉永かえい

Kaei era (1848.2.28-1854.11.27)

嘉月かげつ

third lunar month

嘉辰令月かしんれいげつ

auspicious date

嘉するよみする

to praise (someone of lower status)

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