EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone

    何とか足がかりをつかんだ程度ですよ。
    We just got to first base.

Also written 足掛かり【あしがかり】足掛り【あしがかり】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

leg, foot, be sufficient, counter for pairs of footwear

Kun
あした.りるた.るた.す
On
ソク
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N4
Frequency
343 of 2500
Radical
foot
WaniKani
Level 4

Built from

Used in names as

あすおすたらし

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-3-4SKIP code
7d0.1The Kanji Dictionary
6080.1Four corner code
3770deroo
8db3Unicode hex code
1-34-13JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4546Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5856New Nelson (John Haig)
2188New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2714Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1386Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1873Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1279Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1372Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
305A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
461Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
135Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
37365Morohashi
51A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
58Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
58Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
29sakade
90Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
36henshall3
67Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
338crowley
171Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.6busy_people
1759Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1287Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zu2, ju4Pinyin reading
jog, juKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
4WaniKani 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