The kanji 架: meaning, readings and stroke order
架
- Meaning
- shelf, build across
- On reading
- カ ka
- Kun reading
- か(ける) kakeru、か(かる) kakaru
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 木 tree
- Level
- Level 8 · the last years of junior high
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- giá (kệ), bắc qua (giá)
- Japanese
- ものを のせる たな。かけわたす。
- Korean
- 선반, (다리를) 놓다 (가)
- Chinese
- 架子、架设
Readings, words and example sentences
カ ka · on reading · less common
書架
bookshelf
図書室の 書架を 整理します。
We tidy the bookshelves in the school library.
か(ける) kakeru · kun reading · less common
架ける
to build (a bridge) across
川に 橋を 架けます。
They build a bridge over the river.
か(かる) kakaru · kun reading · less common
架かる
to span, to be built across
谷に 橋が 架かって います。
A bridge spans the valley.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.