Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
erect, frame, mount, support, shelf, construct
Kun:
か.けるか.かる
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1555 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 架 【カ】 rack, mount, stand
  • 架空 【カクウ】 fictitious, imaginary, fanciful, fabricated, aerial, overhead
  • 高架 【コウカ】 elevated (structure), overhead
  • 担架 【タンカ】 stretcher, litter (medical), gurney

Kun reading compounds

  • 架ける 【かける】 to suspend between two points, to build (a bridge, etc.), to put up on something (e.g. legs up on table)
  • 架かる 【かかる】 to span, to bridge, to cross, to straddle

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jia4
Korean:
ga

Spanish

  • montar
  • apoyar
  • estante
  • construir
  • colgar
  • construir un puente

Portuguese

  • eregir
  • moldura
  • monte
  • apoio
  • prateleira
  • construir

French

  • ériger
  • monter
  • suspendre (pont)
  • supporter (poids)
  • étagère
  • construire
1045 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1659 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2237 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1085 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1423 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
755 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
768 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1704 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1055 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3178 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1638 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2226 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
878 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14586 Morohashi
2569 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2632 New Nelson (John Haig)
869 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
934 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1267 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1664 2001 Kanji
4a5.36 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-4 SKIP code
4690.4 Four corner code
1-18-45 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
67b6 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
gate
Parts:
Variants:
interval, space
Kun:
あいだあい
On:
カンケン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
33 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 間 【カン】 interval, period of time, among, between, inter-, good opportunity, chance, estrangement, discord, alienation, spy, secret agent
  • 間隔 【カンカク】 space, interval, space character, whitespace
  • 短期間 【タンキカン】 short term, short time
  • 右中間 【ウチュウカン】 between right and center fielders (centre)
  • 間 【ケン】 ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m), counter used to number the gaps between pillars
  • 間数 【ケンスウ】 number of ken (in length or breadth)
  • 世間 【セケン】 world, society, people, the public
  • 六百間 【ロッピャッケン】 roppyakken (type of game)

Kun reading compounds

  • 間 【あいだ】 space (between), gap, interval, distance, stretch, period of time (during, while), duration, interval, between (two parties or things), among (a group), relations (between), relationship, midpoint, average, halfway, middle ground, due to, because of
  • 間中 【あいだじゅう】 during
  • 候間 【そうろうあいだ】 as ...
  • ついこの間 【ついこのあいだ】 just the other day, quite recently
  • 間 【ま】 time, pause, space, room
  • 間際 【まぎわ】 the point just before ..., the point of (doing), the verge (of), the eve (of), (just before the) edge
  • 茶の間 【ちゃのま】 (Japanese-style) living room
  • 床の間 【とこのま】 tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)
  • 間 【あいだ】 space (between), gap, interval, distance, stretch, period of time (during, while), duration, interval, between (two parties or things), among (a group), relations (between), relationship, midpoint, average, halfway, middle ground, due to, because of
  • 間中 【あいだじゅう】 during
  • 波間 【なみま】 interval between the waves, gap between waves
  • 幕間 【まくあい】 intermission (between acts), interlude

Readings

Japanese names:
ちか、 は、 はざ、 はし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jian1, jian4
Korean:
gan

Spanish

  • intervalo
  • espacio
  • habitación

Portuguese

  • intervalo
  • espaço

French

  • intervalle
  • espace
58 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
100 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
92 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
27 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4949 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
174 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
96 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1822 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.7 Japanese for Busy People
43 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
43 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
161 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1841 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4122 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2094 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2836 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1634 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41249 Morohashi
3323 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6391 New Nelson (John Haig)
1620 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1747 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
31 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
215 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3878 2001 Kanji
8e4.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-8-4 SKIP code
7760.7 Four corner code
1-20-54 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9593 Unicode hex code