賀 – congratulations, joy

12 strokesTaught in grade 4#1056 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 賀 means congratulations, joy. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ガ (ga). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 貝 (no. 154).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ガ	ga

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: 貝 (Kangxi radical 154). Components: 貝・目・ハ・口・力.

Words using 賀

年賀ねんがNew Year's greetings祝賀しゅくがcelebration

Kanji with the same radical

資費質賞負財買責販貿貨賛購貢賃貴

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