柄 – design, pattern, build

9 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1140 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 柄 means design, pattern, build, nature, character, handle, crank, grip. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ヘイ (hei); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is がら、え、つか (gara, e, tsuka). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 木 (no. 75).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ヘイ	hei
Kun’yomi	がら	gara
Kun’yomi	え	e
Kun’yomi	つか	tsuka

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: 木 (Kangxi radical 75). Components: 一・人・木・冂.

Words using 柄

柄えhandle柄がらpattern小柄こがらsmall build事柄ことがらmatter間柄あいだがらrelationship人柄ひとがらpersonality大柄おおがらlarge build

Example sentences

この赤色で柄全体がだいなしだ。

The red kills the whole pattern.

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彼らはその少女は小柄だと言った。

They described the girl as being small.

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君の関する事柄ではない。

That is no business of yours.

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Kanji with the same radical

本東業来機権査案村果格検校構木条

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