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賭 — 15 strokes ／ Radical「貝」

道
2High school graduate / general ／ 15 strokes ／ Radical「貝」
On
トと · to
Kun
か.ける・かけka.keru · kake
Meaning
bet; gamble

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A cowrie shell plus a phonetic element: to stake valuables on a contest — to bet.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onトとto賭場とば賭博とばく
Kunかけるkakeru賭けるかける賭けかけ

Compare: 掛ける・懸ける・架ける

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 賭博とばく

    gambling

  • 賭けかけ

    a bet; a gamble

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

一(いち)か八(はち)かの賭(か)けに出(で)た。

I took a gamble on it, win or lose.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

賭博賭博broad貪covet貼stick賂bribe貝shellf…貞chaste妬jealou…土earth斗dipper吐spit杜grove
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 貝Map of reading トAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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