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Kanji Detail for 稼 - "to earn, to work"

稼

  • Meaning

    稼 means "to earn, to work." Also associated with to harvest.

    1. Earn - To gain through work.

    2. Work - To labor for income.

    3. Harvest - The gathering of crops.

    4. Plant - To sow seeds.

  • Words using 稼

    • 出稼ぎ でかせぎ Listen working away from home (esp. abroad); person working away from home; migrant worker
    • 稼ぎ かせぎ Listen earnings
    • 稼働 かどう Listen operation (of a machine); running; working (and earning money)
    • 稼働率 かどうりつ Listen operating rate; utilization rate; occupancy rate
    • 共稼ぎ ともかせぎ Listen (husband and wife) earning a living together
    • 稼ぐ かせぐ Listen to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory)

  • Four-character idioms with 稼

    • 人気稼業 にんきかぎょう Listen popular occupation; occupation largely dependent on public favor

  • Tattoo check: 稼

    • Verified meaning: to earn, to work
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かせぎ)
    • Also carries these associations: to harvest

    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 稼

    Surnames 稼(かせぎ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    earnings; work; earn money

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    sow grain; sheaves of grain

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to sow grain; (farm) crop

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    crops; to sow grain

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ka(カ) カ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kase.gu(かせ-ぐ) かせ-ぐ

  • Strokes

    tip

    15 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    禾 (nogi・nogihen)

  • Related Keywords

    to earn to work to harvest plant make money grain income livelihood profit rice salary occupation business

Sentences including 稼

  • He is just killing time.

  • He earned as much money as possible.

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