歌 – song, sing

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The kanji 歌 means song, sing. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カ (ka); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is うた、うた.う (uta, utau). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 欠 (no. 76).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カ	ka
Kun’yomi	うた	uta
Kun’yomi	うた.う	utau

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: 欠 (Kangxi radical 76). Components: 一・欠・口・亅.

Words using 歌

歌うたsong歌ううたうto sing歌手かしゅsinger歌謡かようsong短歌たんかtanka

Example sentences

この歌を聞くと私はいつも、学生時代を思い出す。

Whenever I hear this song, I am reminded of my school days.

Tatoeba #222762

ジョンはステージで何を歌いましたか。

What did John sing on the stage?

Tatoeba #215403

その歌手は若者たちのアイドルだ。

That singer is a teenage idol.

Tatoeba #211970

Kanji with the same radical

次欧欠欲歓欺

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