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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

2035 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 14

Meaning: widow, minority, few

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: カ

Composition: 宀 自 分

寡

Radical

Radical: 宀

Meaning: roof

Reading: うかんむり

Frequency: 246

宀

Examples

Onyomi Examples

寡 (カ) minority, small numbers, unmarried person, widow, widower

寡婦 (カフ) widow, divorced woman not remarried, unmarried woman

多寡 (タカ) degree (of something), greatness or smallness (of something), quantity, number, amount, size

鰥寡 (カンカ) widow and widower, lonely people

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