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Readings

Kana: リュウ、かさ
Romaji: ryū, kasa
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

bamboo hat, one's influence

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  11
Radical Number:  118
Frequency:  1499
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  2-6-5
Korean Reading:  rib
Chinese Reading:  li4
Unicode:  7b20
JIS:  335E

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2662
Nelson Index: 3381
New Nelson Index: 4269
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 6f5.1
Four Corner Index: 8810.8
Japanese Names Index: 1473
Daikanwanjiten Index: 25924
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 8.0754
Remembering the kanji Index: 939
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2320
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 948
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1009
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3300

Words

(かさ)
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat; shade (of a lamp)
花笠 (はながさ)
type of conical hat adorned with flowers (used in Japanese traditional performing arts)
編み笠 (あみがさ)
braided hat
笠子 (かさご、カサゴ)
scorpionfish; marbled rockfish (Sebastiscus marmoratus)
編笠茸 (あみがさたけ)
morel mushroom
笠木 (かさぎ)
coping; top rail; cap piece; head board; what covers the top of a wall, torii or gate, not necessarily made of wood
かぶり笠 (かぶりがさ)
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat
笠貝 (かさがい、カサガイ)
limpet (esp. species Cellana mazatlandica)
嵩にかかる (かさにかかる)
to be highhanded; to be arrogant; to be overbearing
笠雲 (かさぐも)
cap cloud (cloud shaped like an Asian bamboo hat that forms at the peak of a tall mountain)
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