Entry
  1. Noun

    obsession; fixation; hangup; determination; fastidiousness; pickiness about (trait, style, etc.)

    Usually written using kana alone

    こだわりはお客に伝わってこそ意味をなす。
    Care over the particulars only has meaning once it gets across to customers.
  2. complaining; criticizing

    Usually written using kana alone

  3. speciality (e.g. of a restaurant)

    Usually written using kana alone

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

arrest, seize, concerned, adhere to, despite

Kun
かか.わる
On
コウ
Strokes
8
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1336 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 49

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Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-3-5SKIP code
3c5.28The Kanji Dictionary
5702.0Four corner code
1349deroo
62d8Unicode hex code
1-25-20JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1881Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2123New Nelson (John Haig)
310New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
367Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
230Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
274Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
654Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
706Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1611A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1448Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11963Morohashi
1249A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1800Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1938Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1350Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1179Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1469Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
873Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
661Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ju1Pinyin reading
guKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
49WaniKani level