蛙

12 strokes

Kentei exam level Pre-1

frog

Kun'yomi

かえる
frog ②kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
かわず
frog ②kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)

On'yomi

Main Radical

虫(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

かえる

100.0%

Character Breakdown

蛙

frog

かえる　ア　ワ (Kentei Pre-1)

虫

insect, bug, temper

むし　チュウ　キ (1st, N2)

中

in, inside, middle

なか　チュウ　うち (1st, N5)

口

mouth

くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)

丨

number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)

コン　シ　ジョ

㇀

rising stroke

丶

dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)

チュ (Kentei 1)

圭

square jewel, corner, angle

ケイ　ケ　か (Kentei Pre-1, N1)

土

soil, earth, ground

ド　つち　は (1st, N5)

Common Words

あ	お
青

が	え	る
蛙

green (tree) frog

か	え	る
蛙


の

こ
子


は

か	え	る
蛙

like father, like son

か	え	る
蛙

ま	た
股

curved wooden support on top of the main beam of a house, now mainly decorative (shape evocates an open-legged frog)

か	え	る
蛙

お	よ
泳


ぎ

breaststroke (swimming)

か	え	る
蛙


の

つ	ら
面


に

み	ず
水

like water off a duck's back

い	ぼ
疣

が	え	る
蛙

toad with wart-covered skin (esp. the Japanese toad or the wrinkled frog)

かえる
蛙


の

つら
面


に

しょう
小

べん
便

like water off a duck's back

くそ
糞

がえる
蛙

frog (esp. the wrinkled frog or Asian grass frog)

しょ	く
食

よ	う
用

が	え	る
蛙

bullfrog

か	え	る
蛙

か
化

げ	ん
現

しょ	う
象

frogification phenomenon ②disillusionment upon noticing negative qualities in a romantic partner

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References

Unicode hex code	86D9
JIS X 0208	1-19-31
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson	4137
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary	5313
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary	1716
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji	2693
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed.	2732
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names	1648
Morohashi Daikanwajiten	32997
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code	6d6.4
Four corner code	5411.4
De Roo Code	1672