稼 – earnings, work, earn money

15 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1264 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 稼 means earnings, work, earn money. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カ (ka); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is かせ.ぐ (kasegu). It is written with 15 strokes, under radical 禾 (no. 115).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カ	ka
Kun’yomi	かせ.ぐ	kasegu

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: 禾 (Kangxi radical 115). Components: 禾・宀・豕.

Words using 稼

稼ぐかせぐto earn (income)共稼ぎともかせぎ(husband and wife) earning a living together

Example sentences

私は自分の生活費を稼がなくてはならない。

I've got to earn my own living.

Tatoeba #156228

アメリカでは多くの夫婦が収支をあわせるため共稼ぎをしている。

Many couples in America both work to make ends meet.

Tatoeba #230251

Kanji with the same radical

私税移種程科積秋秀秘称秒稲秩稿穏

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