5 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

tile, gram

Kun'yomi
  • roof tile
  • ぐらむ
On'yomi

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

かわら 70.4%
29.6%

Character Breakdown

tile, gram
かわら ガ ぐらむ (11th)

Common Words

roof tile
rubble ②trash
decorative ridge-end tile (traditionally bearing the face of a demon and resembling a gargoyle) ②hideous face
kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper)
convex roof tile
tiled roof ②tile maker ③tile kiln
tile-shaped rice-cracker
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References

Unicode hex code 74E6
JIS X 0208 1-20-4
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2977
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3690
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3476
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 4288
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2918
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 1031
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1108
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 201
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 21438
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1216
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 1040
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 0a5.11
Four corner code 1071.7