Entry
  1. Noun

    load on one's chest

    Usually written using kana alone

  2. obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty

    Usually written using kana alone

Also written 痞え【つかえ】閊え【つかえ】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

1
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

branch, support, sustain, branch radical (no. 65)

Kun
ささ.えるつか.えるか.う
On
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N3
Frequency
159 of 2500
Radical
branch
WaniKani
Level 8

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Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-2-2SKIP code
2k2.1The Kanji Dictionary
4040.7Four corner code
1467deroo
652fUnicode hex code
1-27-57JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2039Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2324New Nelson (John Haig)
1979New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2473Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1251Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1717Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
711Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
768Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
302A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
63Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
115Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
13061Morohashi
691A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
318Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
318Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
621sakade
583Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
717henshall3
642Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
185crowley
368Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.4busy_people
932Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
718Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zhi1Pinyin reading
jiKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
8WaniKani level