Entry
  1. Noun

    high-class Edo-period pleasure house (where outside prostitutes were hired to entertained guests)

Also written 揚げ屋【あげや】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

raise, elevate, hoist, praise, extol, fry in deep fat

Kun
あ.げる-あ.げあ.がる
On
ヨウ
Strokes
12
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1316 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 42

Built from

Used in names as

あがり

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-3-9SKIP code
3c9.5The Kanji Dictionary
5602.7Four corner code
1351deroo
63daUnicode hex code
1-45-40JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1966Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2236New Nelson (John Haig)
593New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
722Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
433Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
542Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
664Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
717Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1116A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1551Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1401Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
12355Morohashi
1876A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
631Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
641Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1369Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1542Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1481Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
917Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
671Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yang2Pinyin reading
yangKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
42WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

roof, house, shop, dealer, seller

Kun
On
オク
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
616 of 2500
Radical
corpse
WaniKani
Level 9

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-3-6SKIP code
3r6.3The Kanji Dictionary
7721.4Four corner code
3772deroo
5c4bUnicode hex code
1-18-16JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1392Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1421New Nelson (John Haig)
3098New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3842Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1973Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2669Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1058Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1138Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
270A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1233Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
251Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
7684Morohashi
236A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
167Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
167Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
161sakade
160Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
256henshall3
319Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
236crowley
54Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.13busy_people
530Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1067Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
wu1Pinyin reading
ogKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
9WaniKani level