7 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1
JLPT exam level N1

nursing, attending, entertainer

Kun'yomi
  • nursing
On'yomi
  • キャ
  • ギャ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

とぎ 92.4%
6.6%
キャギャ 1.0%

Character Breakdown

nursing, attending, entertainer
とぎ カ キャ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
human radical (no. 9)
add, addition, increase
カ くわ.える (4th, N3)
power, strength, strong
リョク ちから リキ (1st, N4)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)

Common Words

attending (upon)
nursing
temple (esp. large one) ②temple building
attending someone through the night (of a guard, nurse) ②sleeping with a man (at his bidding) ③overnight vigil before burial
complete seven-structured temple compound
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References

Unicode hex code 4F3D
JIS X 0208 1-18-32
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 398
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 159
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 74
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 46
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 49
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2115
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2251
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 357
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 486
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2014
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2a5.12
Four corner code 2620.0