The kanji 歌: meaning, readings and stroke order

歌

Meaning: song, sing
On reading: カ ka
Kun reading: うた uta、うた（う） utau
Strokes: 14
Radical: 欠 lack, yawn
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: bài hát, hát (ca)
Japanese: うた。うたう。
Korean: 노래, 노래하다 (가)
Chinese: 歌、唱歌

Readings, words and example sentences

カ ka · on reading

歌か手しゅ
singer
姉は 歌か手しゅになりたいそうです。
My big sister says she wants to be a singer.

うた uta · kun reading

歌うた
song
みんなで新しい 歌うたを作りました。
We all made a new song together.

うた（う） utau · kun reading

歌うたう
sing
音楽の時間にみんなで 歌うたいます。
We all sing together in music class.

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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.