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Kanji Detail for 架 - "shelf, frame"

架

  • Meaning

    架 means "shelf, frame." Also associated with to span.

    1. Shelf - A stand made by laying boards horizontally to place or hang things.

    2. To span - To bridge; to stretch across.

  • Words using 架

    • 架空 かくう Listen fictitious; imaginary; fanciful
    • 十字架 じゅうじか Listen cross (for crucifixion); the Cross (of Christ)
    • 高架 こうか Listen elevated (structure); overhead
    • 担架 たんか Listen stretcher; litter; gurney
    • 架橋 かきょう Listen bridge-building; bridge construction; bridge

  • Four-character idioms with 架

    • 屋上架屋 おくじょうかおく Listen gilding the lily; adding redundant things

  • Tattoo check: 架

    • Verified meaning: shelf, frame
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: to span

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    erect; frame; mount; support; shelf; construct

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    rack, stand, prop; prop up

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to support; frame; rack; framework; classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    frame, rack, stand; to prop up

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A rack for storing things. Such as 衣架 (clothes rack), 書架 (bookshelf). Objects with frames are counted by 架. Such as fireworks. | Framework. Using wood to build a house, the distance between two standing posts is colloquially called 一架. | To place on top is called 架. Such as 疊床架屋 (to pile bed upon bed). Also fabricating without basis is called 架. Such as 架詞誣控 (fabricating charges).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ka(カ) カ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ka.keru(か-ける) か-ける

    kaka.ru(か-かる) か-かる

  • Strokes

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    9 strokes

  • Radical

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    木 (ki・kihen)

  • Related Keywords

    shelf to span frame rack bridge across beam construct elevate mount platform scaffold stand stretch structure support suspend

Sentences including 架

  • A big bridge was built over the river.

  • His plan is to build a bridge over that river.

  • There used to be a small bridge over the river 10 years ago.

  • They're constructing a bridge over the river.

  • There is a bridge across the river.

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