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架

erect
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingカ
Kun readingか.ける、か.かる
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Verbs with «架»

架かる

Meanings

  1. erectRtK
    彼は一人で十字架を背負っているような物だな。It is as if he is carrying his cross all by himself.tatoeba
    - 成経の妻、架空の人物The wife of Naritsune, a fictional characterwiki
  2. frame
  3. mount
  4. support
  5. shelf
  6. construct
    川に橋が架けられています。They're constructing a bridge over the river.tatoeba
  1. rafter

Popular Usage

架空

Radicals and components

Radical木tree
Components
How it's built
架
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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add · power (力) · muscle (力) · arnold · mouth (口) · tree (木) · wood (木)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 934

Compound words

架空かくう
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; fabricated; aerial
架設かせつ
construction; building
高架こうか
elevated (structure); overhead
書架しょか
bookshelf; bookcase
担架たんか
stretcher; litter; gurney
架橋かきょう
bridge-building; bridge construction; bridge; bridging (e.g. the gap between theory and practice); cross-linking
十字架じゅうじか
cross (for crucifixion); the Cross (of Christ)
衣架いか
clothes rack
架上かじょう
on the shelf
架線かせん
overhead power line
架台かだい
stand
画架がか
easel
架工歯かこうし
pontic
架かるかかる
to span

Additional Examples

同じことを何回繰り返すの。屋上屋を架すようなくどい説明は勘弁してよ。
You're wasting your time with all this needless repetition, so spare us the long-winded explanation.tatoeba
- 成経の妻、架空の人物
The wife of Naritsune, a fictional characterwiki
架空の人物との説が有力である。
Finally, the theory that he was a fictitious character is persuasive.wiki

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 架

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step