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Kanji Detail for 瓦 - "tile, gram"

瓦

  • Meaning

    瓦 means "tile, gram." Also associated with pottery.

    1. Tile - A flat piece used for roofing.

    2. Pottery - Earthenware; ceramics.

    3. Gram - A unit of weight.

  • Words using 瓦

    • 瓦礫 がれき Listen rubble; debris; wreckage
    • 煉瓦 れんが Listen brick

  • Four-character idioms with 瓦

    • 土崩瓦解 どほうがかい Listen complete collapse; (something) going to pieces (breaking up beyond repair)

  • Tattoo check: 瓦

    • Verified meaning: tile, gram
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いぬい, かわら)
    • Also carries these associations: pottery

    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.

  • Name readings of 瓦

    Given names 瓦(かわら)Listen

    Surnames 瓦(いぬい)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    tile; gram

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    tile; earthenware pottery; girl

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    roof tile; abbr. for 瓦特[wa3 te4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    tile; pottery, earthenware

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

    A general name for fired earthenware. Today specifically refers to what covers rooftops to protect from rain. | 瓦解 (tile collapse). The meaning of sudden disintegration. Such as when people's hearts become rebellious. | Japan uses one gram of the French weight system as one wa. China's old translation followed this. Now changed to 公分 (centimeter/gram).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ga(ガ) ガ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    guramu(ぐらむ) ぐらむ

    kawara(かわら) かわら

  • Strokes

    tip

    5 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    瓦 (kawara)

  • Related Keywords

    tile pottery gram earthenware building ceramic clay construction durable flat material piece roof shingle slate terracotta tiling traditional unit weight

Sentences including 瓦

  • You cannot make bricks without straw.

  • Bricks consist mostly of clay.

  • There is a large pile of rubble where the school building used to be.

  • One can't see through a brick wall.

  • A series of blasts reduced the laboratory to ruins.

  • The rescue team succeeded in discovering a survivor who had been under the rubble for several days.

  • The bricklayer calculated that he would need 500 bricks for the wall.

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