Entry
  1. Noun

    kakekotoba; pivot word; play on words (esp. in poetry); pun

Also written 掛け言葉【かけことば】懸詞【かけことば】掛け詞【かけことば】懸け詞【かけことば】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

hang, suspend, depend, arrive at, tax, pour

Kun
か.ける-か.けるか.け-か.け-が.けか.かる-か.かる-が.かるか.かり-が.かりかかり-がかり
On
カイケイ
Strokes
11
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N3
Frequency
1027 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 25

Built from

Used in names as

かけ

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-3-8SKIP code
3c8.6The Kanji Dictionary
5300.0Four corner code
1354deroo
639bUnicode hex code
1-19-61JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1952Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2214New Nelson (John Haig)
493New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
596Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
361Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
449Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
674Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
727Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1183A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1321Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1143Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
12267Morohashi
1083A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1464Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1559Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1362Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1436Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1477Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
896Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
681Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
gua4Pinyin reading
gwaeKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
25WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

part of speech, words, poetry

Kun
ことば
On
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1636 of 2500
Radical
speech
WaniKani
Level 19

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-7-5SKIP code
7a5.15The Kanji Dictionary
0762.0Four corner code
3049deroo
8a5eUnicode hex code
1-27-76JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4335Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5582New Nelson (John Haig)
1503New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1897Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1007Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1363Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1865Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2009Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1624A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1665Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
807Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
35394Morohashi
879A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
843Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
862Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
799sakade
900Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
890henshall3
946Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1205Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1671Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1883Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ci2Pinyin reading
saKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
19WaniKani level