Kanji

Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

JLPT level: N1

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: be aggravated, grow worse, grow bulky, swell

Kunyomi: かさ かさ.む たか.い

Onyomi: スウ シュウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: mountain

Examples

Onyomi Examples

スウコウ lofty (of a mountain), tall

Kunyomi Examples

かさ bulk, volume, quantity

上げ かさあげ raising (an embankment, levee, etc.), increasing (a budget, fees, etc.), raising, inflating (figures), padding (an expense account, bill, etc.)

水かさ みずかさ volume of water (in a river, pond, flood, etc.)

としかさ senior, older, elderly

かさむ to mount up, to pile up, to accumulate, to increase