This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Reading

Kana:
Romaji: ga
Kana
Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: か、のり、よし、より
Romaji: ka, nori, yoshi, yori
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

congratulations, joy

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  12
Radical Number:  154
Frequency:  1056
Grade:  5
Skip Pattern:  2-5-7
Korean Reading:  ha
Chinese Reading:  he4
Unicode:  8cc0
JIS:  326C

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2599
Nelson Index: 4501
New Nelson Index: 5790
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 7b5.10
Four Corner Index: 4680.6
Guide to Remembering Index: 630
Gakken Index: 778
Japanese Names Index: 1756
Daikanwanjiten Index: 36725
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 10.0742
Remembering the kanji Index: 868
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1780
Kodansha Compact Index: 1728
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 660
Kanji in Context Index: 1019
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1663
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2253
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 877
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 933
Essential Kanji Index: 615
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3212
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1661
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 565
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 751

Words

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congratulation
年賀状 (ねんがじょう)
New Year's card
宇賀の神 (うかのかみ)
god of harvests and wealth (syncretized with Saraswati, and often taking the form of a heavenly woman, a white snake or a fox)
古賀派 (こがは)
Koga Faction (of the LDP)
参賀 (さんが)
congratulatory palace visit
祝賀 (しゅくが)
celebration; congratulations
年賀 (ねんが)
New Year's greetings; New Year's card
宇賀神 (うがじん、うかじん)
god of harvests and wealth (syncretized with Saraswati, and often taking the form of a heavenly woman, a white snake or a fox)
佐賀県 (さがけん)
Saga prefecture (Kyushu)
参賀者 (さんがしゃ)
congratulatory visitors
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