JLPT N1 · 14 strokes
Kanji 樺: "birch, dark red"
The kanji 樺 means "birch, dark red". It is written with 14 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read カ in on'yomi and かば, かんば in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
カ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
かばかんば
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | birch, dark red |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 14 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1982 of 2,501 |
Common words with 樺
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 白樺Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica)
- 樺birch (esp. Japanese white birch)
- 樺太Karafuto (Japanese name for Sakhalin)
- 樺色reddish yellow
- 樺の木birch tree (esp. the Japanese white birch, Betula platyphylla var. japonica)
- 岳樺Erman's birch (Betula ermanii); Russian rock birch
- 樺太犬Sakhalin husky (dog breed)
- 樺桜ornamental variety of double weeping rosebud cherry · any cherry tree with birch-like bark
- 鵜松明樺monarch birch (Betula maximowicziana); Japanese birch
- 樺太千島交換条約Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875); Russo-Japanese treaty in which Japan exchanged Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands
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