Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji

牙: tusk, fang

Also: tusk radical (no. 92)

N1 (our estimate)5 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

亅 and 丿 are drawn in

4 strokes

Three readings, and the words that use each

ガga · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 牙城がじょうstronghold (esp. of an enemy or opponent)

ゲge · on'yomi

  • 象牙ぞうげivory

きばkiba · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 牙きばtusk; fang

Also read は, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
亅

Also built on vertical stroke with a hook (亅)

All 6
丿

Also built on diagonal sweeping stroke (丿)

All 35

牙 gives its sound to

The family reading is ガ (ga). Sound parts: KanjiVG.

Also read ガ

9 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read ゲ

7 kanji share this on'yomi
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · yá

Same form: 牙 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
牙 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
牙 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin yá 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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