EntryCommonJLPT N5WaniKani 16
  1. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb

    to write; to compose; to pen

    ここにあなたの名前をかいてくれませんか。
    Would you please write your name here?
  2. to draw; to paint

    see 描くsee かく・1

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

write

Kun
か.く、-が.き、-がき
On
ショ
Strokes
10
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N5
Frequency
169 of 2500
Radical
say
WaniKani
Level 16

Built from

Used in names as

かき

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-6-4SKIP code
4c6.6The Kanji Dictionary
5060.1Four corner code
1678deroo
66f8Unicode hex code
1-29-81JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3719Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2463New Nelson (John Haig)
2658New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3292Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1703Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2314Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
327Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
349Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
130A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1216Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
70Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14294Morohashi
142A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
131Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
131Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
92sakade
58Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
159henshall3
197Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
121crowley
181Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.3busy_people
998Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
333Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shu1Pinyin reading
seoKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
16WaniKani level