Entry
  1. Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)

    superficial (knowledge, learning, etc.); shallow

    Usually written using kana alone

Also written かい撫で【かいなで】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

scratch, rake, comb, paddle, behead

Kun
か.く
On
ソウ
Strokes
11
Radical
hand

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (13)
CodeReference
1-3-8SKIP code
3c10.11The Kanji Dictionary
5703.6Four corner code
63bbUnicode hex code
1-33-63JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1980Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2175New Nelson (John Haig)
619Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2252Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2356Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
12477XMorohashi
sao1Pinyin reading
soKorean reading
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

stroke, pat, smooth down

Kun
な.でる
On
Strokes
15
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Frequency
2402 of 2500
Radical
hand

Built from

Used in names as

なでなでし

Dictionary and index codes (14)
CodeReference
1-3-12SKIP code
3c12.7The Kanji Dictionary
5803.1Four corner code
64abUnicode hex code
1-41-79JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2000Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2281New Nelson (John Haig)
904Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
667Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2270Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2368Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
12743Morohashi
fu3Pinyin reading
mu, buKorean reading