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  1. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Noun

    sudden windfall; unexpected piece of good luck; azuki-covered mochi (fallen) from a shelf

    Idiomatic expressionsee 牡丹餅

    棚からぼた餅とはこのことだ。
    This is what they call a lucky break.

Also written 棚から牡丹餅【たなからぼたもち】

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Characters in this word

2
棚
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

shelf, ledge, rack, mount, mantle, trellis

Kun
たな-だな
On
ホウ
Strokes
12
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1594 of 2500
Radical
木 tree
WaniKani
Level 44

Built from

月木
Words starting with 棚Words ending in 棚Anywhere in a word
Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-4-8SKIP code
4a8.10The Kanji Dictionary
4792.0Four corner code
1846deroo
68daUnicode hex code
1-35-10JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2300Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2748New Nelson (John Haig)
984New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1238Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
672Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
895Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
202Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
214Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1696A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1625Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
14941XMorohashi
1562A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1908Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2080Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1439Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1554Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1536Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1103Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
206Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
peng2Pinyin reading
bung, paengKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
44WaniKani level
餅
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

mochi rice cake

Kun
もちもちい
On
ヘイヒョウ
Strokes
14
Taught
Junior high
Frequency
2152 of 2500
Radical
食 eat

Built from

｜ノ一食二并廾
Words starting with 餅Words ending in 餅Anywhere in a word
Dictionary and index codes (17)
CodeReference
1-8-6SKIP code
8b6.4The Kanji Dictionary
8874.1Four corner code
2855deroo
9905Unicode hex code
1-44-63JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5166Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6689New Nelson (John Haig)
2256Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1596Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2802Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1590Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2346Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
44133XMorohashi
1219Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
bing3Pinyin reading
byeongKorean reading