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Kanji Detail for 嘉 - "auspicious, to praise"

嘉

  • Meaning

    嘉 means "auspicious, to praise." Also associated with good.

    1. Good - Excellent; splendid; outstanding.

    2. Auspicious - Fortunate; happy; blessed.

    3. To praise - To commend; to approve.

  • Four-character idioms with 嘉

    • 嘉言善行 かげんぜんこう Listen good words and good deeds
    • 嘉辰令月 かしんれいげつ Listen auspicious date

  • Tattoo check: 嘉

    • Verified meaning: auspicious, to praise
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read おすだ, か, ただし, まこと)
    • Also carries these associations: good

    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 嘉

    Given names 嘉(ただし)Listen 嘉(まこと)Listen 嘉(よしあき)Listen 嘉(よしとし)Listen 嘉(よしみ)Listen 嘉(よみし)Listen

    Surnames 嘉(おすだ)Listen 嘉(か)Listen 嘉(みよし)Listen 嘉(よい)Listen 嘉(よし)Listen 嘉(よみする)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    applaud; praise; esteem; happy; auspicious

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    excellent; joyful; auspicious

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Jia

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    excellent; joyful; auspicious

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

    Beautiful; good. Wedding ceremonies are called 嘉禮. | Considering something beautiful or good is also called 嘉. Such as 嘉獎 (commend). | 嘉平: Refers to the twelfth month.

  • Onyomi

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    ka(カ) カ

  • Kunyomi

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    yoi(よい) よい

    yomi.suru(よみ-する) よみ-する

  • Strokes

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    14 strokes

  • Radical

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    口 (kuchi・kuchihen)

  • Related Keywords

    good auspicious to praise excellent fortunate splendid admiration commend celebrated esteemed favorable glad grand happy joyful laudation outstanding propitious

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