漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
架: erect, frame
Also: mount, support, shelf, construct
JLPT N19 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
木 carries the meaning · 加 gives the sound
9 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
カka · on'yomi · in compounds
- 架空かくうfictitious; imaginary; fanciful
- 高架こうかelevated (structure); overhead
- 担架たんかstretcher; litter; gurney
- 架橋かきょうbridge-building; bridge construction
- 十字架じゅうじかcross (for crucifixion)
- 架かrack; mount; stand
Also read かける, かかる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Stand before a great, ancient tree and see 木! The vertical line is the sturdy trunk, the top strokes are branches reaching for the sunlight, and the bottom strokes are the roots gripping the earth.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
加
Also built on add (加)
架 takes the 加 family's reading, カ (ka).
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jià
Same form: 架 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 架 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 架 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jià most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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