Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

稼: earnings, work

Also: earn money

JLPT N115 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

禾 carries the meaning · 家 gives the sound

15 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

カka · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 稼働かどう
  • 稼働率かどうりつoperating rate; utilization rate

かせぐkasegu · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 稼ぎかせぎearnings
  • 稼ぐかせぐto earn (income); to make (money)
  • 出稼ぎでかせぎworking away from home (esp. abroad)
  • 共稼ぎともかせぎ

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“The harvest is ready! Imagine a field of golden rice bowing its head in the autumn breeze.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
稼 earnings · 禾
vs嫁 marry into · 女
稼 has 禾 where 嫁 has 女.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jià

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

Simplified
稼 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
稼 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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