JLPT N1 · 14 strokes
Kanji 寡: "widow, minority, few"
The kanji 寡 means "widow, minority, few". It is written with 14 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read カ in on'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)
no recorded reading
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 | widow, minority, few |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 14 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 2035 of 2,501 |
Common words with 寡
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 寡黙untalkative; quiet; taciturn; reticent
- 多寡degree (of something); greatness or smallness (of something); quantity; number
- 寡婦widow; divorced woman not remarried; unmarried woman
- 寡聞having little knowledge (of); being ill-informed
- 寡兵small army force
- 寡欲unselfishness; wanting little
- 寡占oligopoly; control of a market
- 衆寡the many and the few
- 寡言reticence; taciturnity
- 寡勢small military force; numerically inferior force
- 寡作unprolific (writer, artist, etc.)
- 寡minority; small numbers · unmarried person; widow; widower
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