Entry
  1. Noun

    dead branch (or twig, etc.); withered branch

    彼はその木から枯れ枝を切り取った。
    He cut away the dead branches from the tree.

Also written 枯枝【かれえだ】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

wither, die, dry up, be seasoned

Kun
か.れるか.らす
On
Strokes
9
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1749 of 2500
Radical
tree
WaniKani
Level 51

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-4-5SKIP code
4a5.26The Kanji Dictionary
4496.0Four corner code
1877deroo
67afUnicode hex code
1-24-47JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2238Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2634New Nelson (John Haig)
898New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1113Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
605Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
801Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
206Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
219Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1783A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
859Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1246Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14579Morohashi
1231A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
974Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1007Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
627Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1268Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1356Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1083Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
210Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ku1Pinyin reading
goKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
51WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

bough, branch, twig, limb, counter for branches

Kun
えだ
On
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1401 of 2500
Radical
tree
WaniKani
Level 34

Built from

Used in names as

ぐさ

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
1-4-4SKIP code
4a4.18The Kanji Dictionary
4494.7Four corner code
1867deroo
679dUnicode hex code
1-27-62JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2211Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2591New Nelson (John Haig)
863New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1073Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
579Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
767Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
713Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
770Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1154A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
631Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
889Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14557Morohashi
1315A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
870Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
889Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
626Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
719henshall3
684Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
972Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1074Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
720Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zhi1, qi2Pinyin reading
jiKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
34WaniKani level