較 – contrast, compare

13 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1172 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 較 means contrast, compare. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カク、コウ (kaku, kou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is くら.べる (kuraberu). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 車 (no. 159).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カク	kaku
On’yomi	コウ	kou
Kun’yomi	くら.べる	kuraberu

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: 車 (Kangxi radical 159). Components: 車・父・亠.

Words using 較

比較ひかくcomparison比較的ひかくてきcomparatively

Example sentences

あなたの答えとトムの答えと比較しなさい。

Compare your answer with Tom's.

Tatoeba #233071

以下の説明は多くの異なる理論を比較的対照することによって得られたものである。

The explanation below was achieved by comparing and contrasting a variety of different theories.

Tatoeba #191221

Kanji with the same radical

軍転車輸輪軽載輝軸軟輩軒軌

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