菓
菓 — Candy
candy, cakes, fruit
On’yomiカ (ka)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (11 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 菓
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 菓子 | かし kashi | confectionery; sweets; candy |
| お菓子 | おかし okashi | confections; sweets; candy |
| 和菓子 | わがし wagashi | wagashi; traditional Japanese confectionery |
| 駄菓子屋 | だがしや dagashiya | small-time candy store; penny candy store |
| お菓子屋 | おかしや okashiya | confectionery shop; candy store; sweet shop |
| 駄菓子 | だがし dagashi | penny candy; cheap individually wrapped sweets |
Study notes
菓 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1719 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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