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稼 — 15 strokes ／ Radical「禾」

道
準2High school level ／ 15 strokes ／ Radical「禾」
On
カか · ka
Kun
かせ.ぐkase.gu
Meaning
earn (a living)

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

禾 "grain" with 家 "house": to bring in crops for the household — to earn.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onカかka稼業かぎょう稼働かどう
Kunかせぐkasegu稼ぐかせぐ稼ぎかせぎ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 稼働かどう

    operation (of machines)

  • 稼業かぎょう

    one's trade

More words with this kanji

  • 稼穡かしょく

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

機械(きかい)が順調(じゅんちょう)に稼働(かどう)している。

The machines are running smoothly.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

稼働稼業稼働work業work秩order租tax禾grain…私I秀excel偽false渦whirlp…禍calami…靴shoes寡few
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 禾Map of reading カAll maps

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