Entry
  1. Noun

    legend over a picture; inscription (legend, writing) on a painting

Also written 画賛【がさん】画讚【がさん】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

brush-stroke, picture

Kun
えが.くかく.するかぎ.るはかりごとはか.る
On
カクカイ
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
199 of 2500
Radical
field
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-2-6SKIP code
0a8.7The Kanji Dictionary
1077.2Four corner code
3175deroo
753bUnicode hex code
1-18-72JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
50Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3733New Nelson (John Haig)
3000New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3723Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1904Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2586Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1170Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1254Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
150A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
991Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
477Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
21739PMorohashi
85A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
343Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
343Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
167sakade
222Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
91henshall3
155Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
176crowley
235Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.14busy_people
176Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1178Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
hua4Pinyin reading
hwa, hoegKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

praise, title on a picture

Kun
ほ.めるたた.える
On
サン
Strokes
22
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Frequency
2179 of 2500
Radical
speech

Built from

Used in names as

さぬ

Dictionary and index codes (14)
CodeReference
1-7-15SKIP code
7a15.1The Kanji Dictionary
0568.6Four corner code
8b83Unicode hex code
1-27-30JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4451Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5720New Nelson (John Haig)
2093Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1485Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2711Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2747Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
36110Morohashi
zan4Pinyin reading
chanKorean reading