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瓦

tile
Stroke count: 5

Readings

On readingガ
Kun readingかわら、ぐらむ
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. tileRtK
    藁なしで煉瓦はできない。You cannot make bricks without straw.tatoeba
    煉瓦の大部分は粘土からなっている。Bricks consist mostly of clay.tatoeba
  2. gram
  1. tile (e.g. roof)

Homonyms

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Same reading (かわら)
河原 · dry riverbed

Radicals and components

Radical瓦tile
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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one (一) · ceiling (冖) · cane · stick (丨) · drop (丶) · fishhook · ice (冫)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1108

Compound words

瓦礫がれき
rubble; debris; wreckage; tiles and pebbles; trash
煉瓦れんが
brick
瓦解がかい
collapse
瓦斯ガス
gas (as a fuel)
瓦葺かわらぶき
tile-roofing
瓦無グアム
Guam
瓦當がとう
decorative cap of an eave-end roof tile
丸瓦まるがわら
convex roof tile
鐙瓦あぶみがわら
eave-end roof tile (comprising a convex semi-cylindrical tile and a decorative pendant)
巴瓦ともえがわら
comma-pattern tile
牝瓦めがわら
concave tile
鯱瓦しゃちほこがわら
ridge-end tile with the figure of a shachihoko (e.g. on a castle)
瓦葺きかわらぶき
tile-roofing
天日瓦てんじつがわら
sun-dried brick
化粧煉瓦けしょうれんが
ornamental tile
尼加拉瓦ニカラグア
Nicaragua
舗装煉瓦ほそうれんが
paving brick

Additional Examples

煉瓦職人はその塀には５００個のレンガが必要だと見積もった。
The bricklayer calculated that he would need 500 bricks for the wall.tatoeba
煉瓦の大部分は粘土からなっている。
Bricks consist mostly of clay.tatoeba

Stroke Order

5 strokes

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