Kanji

架

架

erect, frame, mount, support, shelf, construct

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

9 strokes

Radical

木部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

カ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

かける, かかる

Nanori (Name Reading)

みつ

Common Readings

カ, か…かる, か…ける

Example sentences

十字架 じゅうじか
キリストは十字架にかけられた。

Christ was put on the cross.

架空 かくう
この物語は架空の町を舞台にしている。

This story is set in a fictitious town.

担架 たんか
負傷者は担架で病院へ運ばれた。

The injured person was carried to the hospital on a stretcher.

高架 こうか
渋滞を避けるため、電車は高架を走っている。

To avoid traffic jams, the train runs on an elevated track.

架かる かかる
川に大きな橋が架かっている。

A large bridge spans the river.

橋 はし
公園の池には小さな石の橋が架かっている。

A small stone bridge spans the pond in the park.

架ける かける
川に新しい橋を架ける計画が進んでいる。

They are planning to build a bridge across the river.

烏鵲 うじゃく
伝説によると、烏鵲が天の川に橋を架けるそうだ。

According to legend, magpies build a bridge over the Milky Way.

架け橋 かけはし
彼女は文化と言語の架け橋になりたいと話した。

She said she wanted to become a bridge between cultures and languages.

Example Vocabulary

十字架

じゅうじか

cross; crucifix

架空

かくう

imaginary; fictitious; aerial

担架

たんか

stretcher; litter

書架

しょか

高架

こうか

elevated structure; overhead

架

か

架かる

かかる

to span; to be built over (a river, etc.)

架ける

かける

to build (a bridge); to construct (across)

架け橋

かけはし

bridge; link; something that connects people or groups

十字架を背負う

じゅうじかをせおう

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