Entry
  1. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break

    正直なところ、それはいちかばちかだ。
    Honestly, it's all or nothing.

Also written 一か罰か【いちかばちか】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

one, one radical (no.1)

Kun
ひと-ひと.つ
On
イチイツ
Strokes
1
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
2 of 2500
Radical
one
WaniKani
Level 1

Built from

Used in names as

かずいっいるかつかづてんはじめひとつまこと

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-1-4SKIP code
0a1.1The Kanji Dictionary
1000.0Four corner code
3072deroo
4e00Unicode hex code
1-16-76JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1New Nelson (John Haig)
3341New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4148Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2105Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2850Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1Morohashi
1A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
2Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1sakade
1Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1henshall3
1Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1crowley
1Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1.Abusy_people
1Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yi1Pinyin reading
ilKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
1WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

eight, eight radical (no. 12)

Kun
や.つやっ.つよう
On
ハチハツ
Strokes
2
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
92 of 2500
Radical
eight
WaniKani
Level 1

Built from

Used in names as

はっやちやつ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-1-1SKIP code
2o0.1The Kanji Dictionary
8000.0Four corner code
2062deroo
516bUnicode hex code
1-40-12JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
577Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
369New Nelson (John Haig)
3New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3644Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1859Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2536Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
8Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
8Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
41A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
19Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
10Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1450Morohashi
66A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
10Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
10Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
8sakade
18Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
8henshall3
4Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
116crowley
8Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1.Abusy_people
151Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
8Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ba1, ba2Pinyin reading
palKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
1WaniKani level