漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
菓: candy, cakes
Also: fruit
JLPT N211 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
艹 carries the meaning · 果 gives the sound
11 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
カka · on'yomi · in compounds
- 菓子かしpastry
- 菓子屋かしやconfectionery shop
- 銘菓めいかcake of a well-known brand
- 和菓子わがしJapanese confectionery
- 洋菓子ようがしWestern confectionery
- 水菓子みずがしfruit
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Grass growing on top! Like a green crown upon the earth, this radical sits above kanji related to flowers, herbs, and vegetation.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
果
Also built on fruit (果)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side菓 candy · 艹
vs巣 nest · ⺍In ChineseSimplified 果 · traditional, as in Japanese · guǒ
Japan keeps the traditional form 菓; mainland China simplifies it to 果.
- Simplified
- 果 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 菓 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin guǒ 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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