The kanji 瓦: meaning, readings and stroke order

瓦

Meaning: roof tile
On reading: ガ ga
Kun reading: かわら kawara
Strokes: 5
Radical: 瓦 tile
Level: Level 10 · the last years of senior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: ngói (ngõa)
Japanese: かわら。やねをふくいた。
Korean: 기와 (와)
Chinese: 瓦、瓦片

Readings, words and example sentences

ガ ga · on reading · less common

瓦が解かい
collapse, falling apart
計画が 瓦が解かいしました。
The plan fell apart.

かわら kawara · kun reading

瓦かわら
roof tile
屋根の 瓦かわらを直します。
They fix the roof tiles.

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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.