瓦 – tile, gram

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The kanji 瓦 means tile, gram. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ガ (ga); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is かわら、ぐらむ (kawara, guramu). It is written with 5 strokes, under radical 瓦 (no. 98).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ガ	ga
Kun’yomi	かわら	kawara
Kun’yomi	ぐらむ	guramu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 瓦 (Kangxi radical 98). Components: 一.

Words using 瓦

瓦かわらtile (e.g. roof)煉瓦れんがbrick

Kanji with the same radical

瓶

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