Kanji 架: erect, frame, mount, support, shelf, construct

Key takeaways

Kanji 架: erect, frame, mount, support, shelf, construct. Readings and core meaning.

See vocabulary and examples below.

Kanji at a glance

架

Meaning

erectframemountsupportshelfconstruct

On reading

カ

Kun reading

か.けるか.かる

Radical

木

Core meaning / core image

Core meaning: 架

erect, frame, mount, support, shelf, construct

Kanji structure breakdown

架

Structure breakdown

加 + 木

Mnemonic story

This kanji represents adding (加) pieces of wood (木) together to build or erect a structure. Imagine constructing a frame, shelf, or bridge by joining wooden beams.

On'yomi and kun'yomi

On reading

カ

担架たんか
stretcher for carrying injured
架空かくう
fiction / imaginary / aerial

Commonly used words

担架
たんか
stretcher for carrying injured
架空
かくう
fiction / imaginary / aerial

Example sentences

Example 1

けが人はすぐに担架で運ばれた。

Translation

The injured person was quickly carried on a stretcher.

Example 2

山で担架を使って助けた。

Translation

We used a stretcher to rescue someone on the mountain.

Example 3

この話は架空のものです。

Translation

This story is fictional.

Example 4

架空の橋が空にかかる。

Translation

An imaginary bridge spans the sky.

Kanji 架: erect, frame, mount, support, shelf, construct

Kanji at a glance

Core meaning / core image

Kanji structure breakdown

Mnemonic story

On'yomi and kun'yomi

On reading

Commonly used words

Example sentences

担架 (たんか): meaning and examples

架空 (かくう): meaning and examples