寡
寡 — Widow
widow, minority, few
On’yomiカ (ka)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (14 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 寡
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 寡占 | かせん kasen | oligopoly; control of a market |
| 寡婦 | かふ kafu | widow; divorced woman not remarried; unmarried woman |
| 寡黙 | かもく kamoku | untalkative; quiet; taciturn |
| 寡作 | かさく kasaku | unprolific (writer, artist, etc.) |
| 多寡 | たか taka | degree (of something); greatness or smallness (of something); quantity |
Study notes
寡 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 14 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #2035 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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