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迦

(used phonetically)
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingカ、ケ
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. (used phonetically)
    釈迦に説法とは存じますが、医者も禁煙されたほうがよろしいのではないでしょうか。I'm sure you don't need me to tell you this, but wouldn't it be a good idea to stop smoking?tatoeba
    釈迦に説法。Don't teach fish to swim.tatoeba
  2. Sanskrit kaRtK

Radicals and components

Radical辵walk
Components
How it's built
迦
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Compound words

釈迦しゃか
Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha
莫迦ばか
idiot
お釈迦おしゃか
poorly made article
迦楼羅かるら
Garuda (man-bird deity and 'vahana' of Hindu-Buddhist myth)
御釈迦おしゃか
poorly made article
釈迦十しゃかじゅう
10 of batons (in mekuri karuta)
制咤迦せいたか
Seitaka (Shintō goddess)
奈落迦ならく
Naraka
那落迦ならく
Naraka
捺落迦ならく
Naraka
釈迦牟尼しゃかむに
Gautama Buddha
莫迦々々しいばかばかしい
absurd
莫迦莫迦しいばかばかしい
absurd
俱利迦羅紋々くりからもんもん
tattoo (esp. one of a flame-wreathed dragon wrapped around and swallowing the tip of an upright sword)
俱利迦羅紋紋くりからもんもん
tattoo (esp. one of a flame-wreathed dragon wrapped around and swallowing the tip of an upright sword)
俱梨迦羅紋々くりからもんもん
tattoo (esp. one of a flame-wreathed dragon wrapped around and swallowing the tip of an upright sword)
俱梨迦羅紋紋くりからもんもん
tattoo (esp. one of a flame-wreathed dragon wrapped around and swallowing the tip of an upright sword)

Additional Examples

釈迦に経。
You can't teach your grandmother to suck eggs.tatoeba
それは釈迦に説法というもの。
That's like carrying coals to Newcastle.tatoeba

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 迦

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