Kanji Detail for 架 - "frame, shelf, span"

架

Jōyō Kanji

JLPT N1

Meaning
架 means "frame, shelf, span."
1. Shelf - A stand made by laying boards horizontally to place or hang things.
2. To span - To bridge; to stretch across.
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

ka(か)
Kunyomi

ka.karu(かかる)

ka.keru(かける)

tana(たな)
Strokes

9 strokes
Radical

木 (ki・kihen)
Related Keywords
frame rack shelf stand span bridge fictional imaginary overhead wire cross bookshelf support mount

その川に大きな橋が架けられた。
A big bridge was built over the river.
彼の計画は、その川に橋を架けることです。
His plan is to build a bridge over that river.
１０年前その川には小さな橋が架かっていた。
There used to be a small bridge over the river 10 years ago.
川に橋が架けられています。
They're constructing a bridge over the river.
その川には橋が架かっている。
There is a bridge across the river.