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Readings

Kana: カ、ケ
Romaji: ka, ke
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

(used phonetically)

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  7
Radical Number:  162
Frequency:  2160
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  3-3-5
Korean Reading:  ga
Chinese Reading:  jia1
Unicode:  8fe6
JIS:  3260

Indexes

Nelson Index: 4673
New Nelson Index: 6027
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2q5.6
Four Corner Index: 3630.0
Japanese Names Index: 999
Daikanwanjiten Index: 38789X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 11.0017
Remembering the kanji Index: 2959
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2767
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2966
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3982

Words

釈迦 (しゃか)
the Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama, 563 BCE-483 BCE); Shakyamuni; Sakyamuni
御釈迦 (おしゃか)
poorly made or ruined articles; the Buddha
稲魂 (うかのみたま、うけのみたま、うかたま)
the god of foodstuffs (esp. of rice)
釈迦牟尼 (しゃかむに)
Sakyamuni (sage of the Sakyas)
釈迦頭 (しゃかとう)
sugar apple; sweetsop (fruit)
釈迦如来 (しゃかにょらい)
Sakyamuni (sage of the Sakyas)
迦楼羅 (かるら)
Garuda or Garua (man-bird deity and 'vahana' of Hindu-Buddhist myth)
お釈迦様の誕生日 (おしゃかさまのたんじょうび)
Buddha's birthday
馬鹿 (ばか、バカ)
fool; idiot; trivial matter; folly; absurdity; foolish; stupid; dull; absurd; ridiculous; Mactra chinensis (species of trough shell)
釈迦占地 (しゃかしめじ、シャカシメジ)
Lyophyllum fumosum (species of mushroom)
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