樺
樺 — Birch
birch, dark red
On’yomiカ (ka)
Kun’yomiかば (kaba)
Kun’yomiかんば (kanba)
Stroke order (14 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 樺
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 白樺 | しらかば shirakaba | Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica) |
| 樺 | かば kaba | birch (esp. Japanese white birch) |
Study notes
樺 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 14 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1982 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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