14 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1
JLPT exam level N1

birch, dark red

Kun'yomi
  • birch (esp. Japanese white birch)
  • birch (esp. Japanese white birch)
On'yomi
Nanori
  • から
  • かも
  • かん

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

かんば 66.7%
かば 33.3%

Character Breakdown

birch, dark red
かんば かば カ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
splendor, flower, petal
カ はな ケ (8th, N1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
under, underneath, below
カ ゲ した
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ ふた ふだ (1st, N5)

Common Words

Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica)
reddish yellow
monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
Japanese white birch oil
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References

Unicode hex code 6A3A
JIS X 0208 1-19-82
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2337
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2817
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1324
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 718
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 961
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2515
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2575
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2103
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 15497
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2123
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4a10.15
Four corner code 4495.4