菓 – candy, cakes, fruit

11 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1719 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 菓 means candy, cakes, fruit. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カ (ka). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 艸 (no. 140).

Stroke order

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Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カ	ka

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

Radical: 艸 (Kangxi radical 140). Components: 田・木・艾.

お菓子で赤ちゃんが窒息するところだった。

The baby almost choked on a piece of candy.

この菓子を自由にお取り下さい。

Please help yourself to these cakes.

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