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Zach

Readings

Kana: ア、ワ、かえる、かわず
Romaji: a, wa, kaeru, kawazu
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

frog

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  12
Radical Number:  142
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-6-6
Korean Reading:  wae
Chinese Reading:  wa1
Unicode:  86d9
JIS:  333F

Indexes

Nelson Index: 4137
New Nelson Index: 5313
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 6d6.4
Four Corner Index: 5411.4
Japanese Names Index: 1648
Daikanwanjiten Index: 32997
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 10.0024
Remembering the kanji Index: 2693
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2732
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1716
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1672

Words

(かえる、かわず、かいる、カエル、カワズ)
frog; kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
蛙の子は蛙 (かえるのこはかえる)
like father, like son; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree
蛙の面に水 (かえるのつらにみず)
like water off a duck's back; water on a frog's face
蛙股 (かえるまた)
curved wooden support on top of the main beam of a house, now mainly decorative (shape evocates an open-legged frog)
蛙鳴蝉噪 (あめいせんそう)
annoying noise; fruitless argument; useless controversy
青蛙 (あおがえる)
green (tree) frog
蛙の面に小便 (かえるのつらにしょうべん)
like water off a duck's back; urine on a frog's face
蛙泳ぎ (かえるおよぎ)
breaststroke (swimming); frog-kick
蛙跳 (かえるとび)
(game of) leapfrog
蟇蛙 (ひきがえる、ひき、がまがえる、がま、かま、ヒキガエル、ガマガエル)
toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
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