Kanji Detail for 瓦 - "tile, pottery, gram"

瓦

Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
瓦 means "tile, pottery, gram."
1. Tile - A flat piece used for roofing.
2. Pottery - Earthenware; ceramics.
3. Gram - A unit of weight.
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

ga(ガ)
Kunyomi

guramu(ぐらむ)

kawara(かわら)
Strokes

5 strokes
Radical

瓦 (kawara)
Related Keywords
tile roof pottery earthenware ceramic clay brick gram unit weight measure cover protect shelter house building traditional Japanese shatter fragile