JLPT N1 · 8 strokes
Kanji 価: "value, price"
The kanji 価 means "value, price". It is written with 8 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read カ, ケ in on'yomi and あたい 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)
カケ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
あたい
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 | value, price |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 8 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 5 |
| Frequency rank | 250 of 2,501 |
Common words with 価
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 価値value; worth; merit
- 評価valuation; appraisal; evaluation; assessment · appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement; rating highly
- 高価highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
- 価値観sense of values; values; value system
- 価格price; value; cost
- 対価compensation; equivalent value; consideration
- 利用価値utility value
- 真価true value; real worth
- 安価low-priced; cheap; inexpensive · shallow (e.g. sympathy); superficial; cheap (e.g. government)
- 無価値worthlessness
- 株価stock prices
- 価値あるvaluable; worthwhile; worthy; worth doing
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