This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Reading

Kana:
Romaji: ka
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

widow, minority, few

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  14
Radical Number:  40
Frequency:  2035
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  2-3-11
Korean Reading:  gwa
Chinese Reading:  gua3
Unicode:  5be1
JIS:  3249

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2344
Nelson Index: 1337
New Nelson Index: 1363
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3m11.2
Four Corner Index: 3022.7
Guide to Remembering Index: 1053
Gakken Index: 1935
Daikanwanjiten Index: 7286
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 3.1082
Remembering the kanji Index: 617
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1216
Kodansha Compact Index: 494
Kanji in Context Index: 1660
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1518
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2059
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 791
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 664
Essential Kanji Index: 1855
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2957
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 745
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1699

Words

寡婦 (かふ、やもめ)
widow; divorced woman not remarried; unmarried woman
寡黙 (かもく)
silent (person); shy; taciturn; reticent; uncommunicative
沈黙寡言 (ちんもくかげん)
taciturn; reticent
浅学寡聞 (せんがくかぶん)
shallow learning and limited information; ignorant and badly informed
少し (すこし)
small quantity; little; few; something; little while; short distance
()
minority; small numbers; unmarried person; widow; widower
寡占 (かせん)
oligopoly
多寡 (たか)
degree (of something); greatness or smallness (of something); quantity; number; amount; size
少ない (すくない)
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
小国寡民 (しょうこくかみん)
small country with a small population (The Chinese philosopher Lao-tze's ideal of a state)
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