Kanji · first appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary
架

架 – erect, frame, mount

9 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1555 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 架 means erect, frame, mount, support, shelf, construct. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カ (ka); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is か.ける、か.かる (kakeru, kakaru). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 木 (no. 75).

Stroke order

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Readings

TypeReadingRomaji
On’yomiカka
Kun’yomiか.けるkakeru
Kun’yomiか.かるkakaru

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: (Kangxi radical 75). Components: 口・木・力.

Words using 架

架空かくうfictitious担架たんかstretcher

Example sentences

あなたは本当に幽霊を見たのではない。それは架空のものでしかなかったのだ。
You didn't really see a ghost―it was only imaginary.

Kanji with the same radical

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