Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level: N1
1982 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 14
Meaning: birch, dark red
Kunyomi: かば かんば
Onyomi: カ
Composition: 木 華
Radical: 木
Meaning: tree
樺 (カバ) birch (esp. Japanese white birch)
樺桜 (カバザクラ) ornamental variety of double weeping rosebud cherry, any cherry tree with birch-like bark, Japanese bird cherry (Prunus grayana)
樺 (かば) birch (esp. Japanese white birch)
樺色 (かばいろ) reddish yellow
白樺 (しらかば) Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica)
鵜松明樺 (うだいかんば) monarch birch (Betula maximowicziana), Japanese birch