Entry
  1. Ichidan verb, Transitive verb

    to aim at

    Usually written using kana aloneoften noun+めがけて

    その少年はカエルめがけて石ころを投げた。
    The boy threw a stone at the frog.

Also written 目がける【めがける】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

eye, class, look, insight, experience, care, favor

Kun
-めま-
On
モクボク
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N4
Frequency
76 of 2500
Radical
eye
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Used in names as

さかんさがんさっかさつか

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-3-2, 4-5-1SKIP code
5c0.1The Kanji Dictionary
6010.1Four corner code
3979deroo
76eeUnicode hex code
1-44-60JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3127Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3906New Nelson (John Haig)
3043New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3777Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1927Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2619Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
15Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
15Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
65A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
191Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
22Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
23105Morohashi
72A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
55Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
55Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
25sakade
75Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
30henshall3
48Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
91crowley
168Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.11busy_people
1376Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
15Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
mu4Pinyin reading
mogKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

hang, suspend, depend, arrive at, tax, pour

Kun
か.ける-か.けるか.け-か.け-が.けか.かる-か.かる-が.かるか.かり-が.かりかかり-がかり
On
カイケイ
Strokes
11
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N3
Frequency
1027 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 25

Built from

Used in names as

かけ

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-3-8SKIP code
3c8.6The Kanji Dictionary
5300.0Four corner code
1354deroo
639bUnicode hex code
1-19-61JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1952Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2214New Nelson (John Haig)
493New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
596Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
361Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
449Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
674Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
727Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1183A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1321Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1143Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
12267Morohashi
1083A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1464Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1559Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1362Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1436Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1477Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
896Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
681Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
gua4Pinyin reading
gwaeKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
25WaniKani level