稼 — earnings, work, earn money

かせぐ稼 earnings

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 15 strokes

U+7A3C Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1264 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #959 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

earnings
work
earn money

word

かせ kase 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).

稼(かせ) ぐ kasegu to earn 稼(かせ) げる kasegeru to be able to earn 稼(かせ) ぎ kasegi earnings

か ka On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

稼(か) 働(どう) kadou operation 稼(か) 動(どう) kadou operation

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

禾 grain

いえ家 house

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#115 禾 grain