柄
柄 — Design
design, pattern, build, nature, character, handle
On’yomiヘイ (hei)
Kun’yomiがら (gara)
Kun’yomiえ (e)
Kun’yomiつか (tsuka)
Stroke order (9 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 柄
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 銘柄 | めいがら meigara | brand; make; description |
| 柄 | がら gara | pattern; design; body build |
| 人柄 | ひとがら hitogara | personality; character; personal appearance |
| 身柄 | みがら migara | one's person |
| 小柄 | こがら kogara | small build; small stature; petite |
| 事柄 | ことがら kotogara | matter; thing; affair |
Study notes
柄 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 9 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1140 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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