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

candy, cakes, fruit

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  11
Radical Number:  140
Frequency:  1719
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  2-3-8
Korean Reading:  gwa
Chinese Reading:  guo3
Unicode:  83d3
JIS:  325B

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2302
Nelson Index: 3980
New Nelson Index: 5095
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3k8.2
Four Corner Index: 4490.4
Guide to Remembering Index: 1047
Gakken Index: 1616
Daikanwanjiten Index: 31168P
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 9.0701
Remembering the kanji Index: 1122
Kanji Flashcards Index: 868
Kodansha Compact Index: 657
Kanji in Context Index: 1667
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1482
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1997
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1131
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1203
Essential Kanji Index: 946
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2873
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1964
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1478

Words

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fruit; counter for fruit
お菓子 (おかし)
confections; sweets; candy
和菓子 (わがし)
wagashi; traditional Japanese confectionery
駄菓子 (だがし)
cheap sweets
氷菓 (ひょうか)
ices
菓子 (かし)
pastry; confectionery
製菓 (せいか)
confectionery production; baking (e.g. pastries, sweets); confectionery
洋菓子 (ようがし)
Western confectionery
銘菓 (めいか)
excellent sweet; confection of an established name
スナック菓子 (スナックがし)
snack food (esp. potato chips, popcorn, etc.); munchie; nosh
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