Entry
  1. Noun

    superstitious person

  2. practical joker

  3. peddler; itinerant salesman; blackmarket peddler (after WWII)

Also written かつぎ屋【かつぎや】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

shouldering, carry, raise, bear

Kun
かつ.ぐにな.う
On
タン
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N2
Frequency
422 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 24

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
1-3-5SKIP code
3c5.20The Kanji Dictionary
5601.0Four corner code
1372deroo
62c5Unicode hex code
1-35-20JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1879Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2121New Nelson (John Haig)
318New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
376Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
238Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
283Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
668Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
721Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
673A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
581Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1631Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11941Morohashi
929A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1274Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1348Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
564Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
941henshall3
867Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1050Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
877Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
675Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
dan4, dan1, dan3Pinyin reading
danKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
24WaniKani 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