Entry
  1. Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Noun

    temporary; transient; transitory; fleeting; passing

    Usually written using kana alone

  2. trifling; trivial; slight

    Usually written using kana alone

  3. careless; perfunctory; halfhearted; casual

    Usually written using kana alone

Also written 仮初【かりそめ】苟且【かりそめ】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

sham, temporary, interim, assumed (name), informal

Kun
かりかり-
On
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1039 of 2500
Radical
person
WaniKani
Level 9

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-2-4SKIP code
2a4.15The Kanji Dictionary
2124.7Four corner code
2167deroo
4eeeUnicode hex code
1-18-30JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
382Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
144New Nelson (John Haig)
50New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
53Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
34Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
34Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
966Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1039Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1322A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
231Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
696Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
398Morohashi
625A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1049Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1092Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
559sakade
304Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
656henshall3
656Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1141Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
63Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
975Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jia3, jia4Pinyin reading
ga, banKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
9WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

first time, beginning

Kun
はじ.めはじ.めてはつはつ-うい--そ.める-ぞ.め
On
ショ
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
152 of 2500
Radical
knife
WaniKani
Level 11

Built from

Used in names as

はっ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-5-2SKIP code
5e2.1The Kanji Dictionary
3722.0Four corner code
645deroo
521dUnicode hex code
1-29-73JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4215Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
469New Nelson (John Haig)
1116New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1433Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
759Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1031Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
404Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
431Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
261A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
427Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
636Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1911Morohashi
507A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
679Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
692Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
428sakade
353Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
535henshall3
483Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
279crowley
440Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.20busy_people
181Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
411Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
chu1Pinyin reading
choKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
11WaniKani level