Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1140 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: design, pattern, build, nature, character, handle, crank, grip, knob, shaft

Kunyomi: がら つか

Onyomi: ヘイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: tree

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ヘイセツ scape (of an insect)

セイヘイ political power

ウヘイ calamus, quill

Kunyomi Examples

がら pattern, design, body build, figure, physique, essential qualities, character, nature, appropriate to, fitting of, suitable for

ガラが悪い ガラがわるい ill-bred, vulgar, boorish

土地 とちがら nature of the locality, character of a place, local colour, local color

やくがら role

handle, grip, stalk (of a mushroom, leaf, etc.)

えかがみ traditional mirror with a handle, popular since the Muromachi period

ながえ long handle, long-handled spear, long shaft

つか hilt (of a sword), haft (of a dagger), handle, handgrip

つかがしら pommel

かまつか sickle handle, goby minnow (Pseudogobio esocinus), Oriental photinia (species of shrub, Photinia villosa), Asiatic dayflower (Commelina communis), Joseph's-coat (species of amaranth, Amaranthus tricolor)