12 strokes
Kentei exam level Pre-1

frog

Kun'yomi
  • frog ②kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
  • frog ②kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
On'yomi

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

かえる 100.0%

Character Breakdown

frog
かえる ア ワ (Kentei Pre-1)
insect, bug, temper
むし チュウ キ (1st, N2)
in, inside, middle
なか チュウ うち (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
rising stroke
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
square jewel, corner, angle
ケイ ケ か (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)

Common Words

green (tree) frog
curved wooden support on top of the main beam of a house, now mainly decorative (shape evocates an open-legged frog)
breaststroke (swimming)
toad with wart-covered skin (esp. the Japanese toad or the wrinkled frog)
frog (esp. the wrinkled frog or Asian grass frog)
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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