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Kanji 佳: meanings, readings, and example words.

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Kanji 佳: excellent, beautiful, good, pleasing, skilled

Key takeaways

Kanji 佳: excellent, beautiful, good, pleasing, skilled. Readings and core meaning.

See vocabulary and examples below.

Kanji at a glance

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Meaning

excellentbeautifulgoodpleasingskilled

On reading

Radical

Core meaning / core image

Core meaning: 佳

excellent, beautiful, good, pleasing, skilled

Kanji structure breakdown

Structure breakdown

亻 + 圭

Mnemonic story

Mnemonic story

A person (亻) holding a jade scepter (圭) exudes nobility and grace. Just as the jade is precious, this kanji represents someone whose character or appearance is beautiful and excellent.

On'yomi and kun'yomi

On reading

  • 佳句かく

    beautiful literary phrase

Commonly used words

  • 佳句
    かく

    beautiful literary phrase

Example sentences

Example 1

この句は心に残ります。

Translation

This beautiful phrase stays in my heart.

Example 2

句を集めて詩を作った。

Translation

I gathered beautiful phrases and made a poem.

Kanji 佳: excellent, beautiful, good, pleasing, skilled | Daily Nihongo