字の旅2,200 years in two forms
Small seal · QinQin · 221 BCE說文‧瓦部
Small seal: Academia Sinica 小學堂, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
部首Radical · in Structures & Home
瓦
瓦 tile, gram
かわら kawara
5 strokesRadical of 2 kanjiPart of 1
Your ink in 瓦0% painted · 0 of 2 familiar
Origin · sourced
Pictogram象形
Fired earthenware pottery, or a tile.
Source: Wiktionary, 瓦 (rev. 92201102), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Set the tiles! This radical brings the durability and the careful craftsmanship of ceramic work to its characters. When you see it, think of baked earth, sturdy roof tiles that weather the storm, large pottery jars, and the precise measurements of physical weight. It is the radical of the master potter, the tireless roof-worker, and the lab technician measuring the world.”
Where it sits in a kanji
Indicates ceramic roof tiles, pottery items (jars, vases), earth-baked materials, or the metric measurement of a gram.
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Every kanji with 瓦 as its radical
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