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Kanji Detail for 賭 - "to bet, to gamble"

賭

  • Meaning

    賭 means "to bet, to gamble."

    1. Bet - A wager; gambling.

    2. Gamble - Games of chance; risking money.

    3. Stake - Something risked in a bet.

  • Words using 賭

    • 賭け かけ Listen bet; wager; stake
    • 賭ける かける Listen to wager; to bet; to risk

  • Tattoo check: 賭

    • Verified meaning: to bet, to gamble
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    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.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    gamble; wager; bet

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    bet, gamble, wager; compete

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to bet; to gamble

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to bet, to gamble, to wager

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

    All games with winning and losing are called 賭. Such as 賭博 (gambling).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    to(ト) ト

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ka.ke(かけ) かけ

    ka.keru(か-ける) か-ける

  • Strokes

    tip

    16 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    貝 (kai・kaihen・kogai)

  • Related Keywords

    to bet to gamble betting gambling gaming ante chance fortune luck risk stake venture wager speculation

Sentences including 賭

  • He made a bet with her.

  • I made a bet that she would win the game.

  • I'd bet my life on it.

  • I'll bet you that you're wrong about that.

More kanji with the radical 貝 (kai・kaihen・kogai)

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