EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    fragment; broken piece; chip; splinter; shard

    Usually written using kana alone

    彼らはパンのかけらを置くことによって道に迷わなかった。
    Putting pieces of bread prevented them from getting lost.
  2. ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred; scrap

    Usually written using kana alone

Also written 欠けら【かけら】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

lack, gap, fail, yawning radical (no. 76)

Kun
か.けるか.く
On
ケツケン
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
860 of 2500
Radical
lack
WaniKani
Level 7

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
2-2-2, 4-4-4SKIP code
4j0.1The Kanji Dictionary
2780.2Four corner code
2562deroo
6b20Unicode hex code
1-23-71JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2412Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2928New Nelson (John Haig)
1987New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2481Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1255Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1721Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
466Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
505Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
968A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
713Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
15991Morohashi
471A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
383Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
384Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
597sakade
647Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
496henshall3
442Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
659Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1119Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
477Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
qian4Pinyin reading
heum, gam, gyeolKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
7WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

one-sided, leaf, sheet, right-side kata radical (no. 91)

Kun
かた-かた
On
ヘン
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1076 of 2500
Radical
slice
WaniKani
Level 39

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
4-4-4, 3-3-1SKIP code
2j2.5The Kanji Dictionary
2202.7Four corner code
1254deroo
7247Unicode hex code
1-42-50JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2842Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3525New Nelson (John Haig)
3461New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4272Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2158Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2910Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1212Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1297Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
905A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
82Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
937Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
19813Morohashi
969A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1045Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1088Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
724Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
980henshall3
833Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1143Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1287Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1220Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
pian4, pian1Pinyin reading
pyeonKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
39WaniKani level