Kanji

伽

Meaning

nursing attending and entertainer

Readings

Kun'yomi

  • とぎ nursing
  • お とぎ attending (upon)
  • お とぎ ばなし fairy tale

On'yomi

  • か や Kaya (ancient Korean confederacy)
  • あ か water offering to Buddha
  • か やきん gayageum (12-stringed Korean zither)
  • が らん temple (esp. large one)
  • ゆ が yoga
  • が らんどう empty
  • きゃ らぶき stalks of butterbur boiled in soy sauce
  • そう ぎゃ sangha (the Buddhist community)

Practice Writing

Stroke: 1/7

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Component Analysis

伽
nursing, attending, entertainer
とぎ, カ, ガ
亻
( 人 ) radical number 9
加
add, addition, increase...
くわ.える, くわ.わる, カ
力
power, strength, strong...
ちから, リョク, リキ
口
mouth
くち, コウ, ク

Common Words

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