稼
稼 — Earnings
earnings, work, earn money
On’yomiカ (ka)
Kun’yomiかせぐ (kasegu)
Stroke order (15 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 稼
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 出稼ぎ | でかせぎ dekasegi | working away from home (esp. abroad); person working away from home; migrant worker |
| 稼ぎ | かせぎ kasegi | earnings |
| 稼働 | かどう kadou | operation (of a machine); running; working (and earning money) |
| 稼働率 | かどうりつ kadouritsu | operating rate; utilization rate; occupancy rate |
| 稼ぐ | かせぐ kasegu | to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory) |
| 共稼ぎ | ともかせぎ tomokasegi | (husband and wife) earning a living together |
Study notes
稼 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 15 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1264 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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