歌 — song, sing
うた
歌
song
うた
U+6B4C
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #519
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #471
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
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Meanings
- song
- sing
Readings
- On'yomi
- か ka
- Kun'yomi
- うた uta
word
うた uta Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
か ka On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
Words by frequency and grade
26 wordsEach dot is a word containing 歌: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 13 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.
Appears in idioms
Components
Composed of
Phono-semantic compound (形声). The left side contains 口 (mouth) elements suggesting vocalization. 欠 (yawn, open mouth) reinforces the meaning. To sing a song.