貨
貨 — Freight
freight, goods, property
On’yomiカ (ka)
Kun’yomiたから (takara)
Stroke order (11 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 貨
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 通貨 | つうか tsuuka | currency |
| 百貨店 | ひゃっかてん hyakkaten | department store |
| 貨物 | かもつ kamotsu | cargo; freight; money or assets |
| 外貨 | がいか gaika | foreign currency; foreign money; foreign exchange |
| 雑貨 | ざっか zakka | miscellaneous goods; general goods; sundries |
| 硬貨 | こうか kouka | coin; hard currency |
Study notes
貨 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 4), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #822 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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