樺 — kanji meaning “birch”
樺
birch, dark red
- Meanings
- birch, dark red
- On'yomi
- カ (ka)
- Kun'yomi
- かば、かんば
- Name readings
- から、かも、かん
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- 9
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1982 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 75
- Chinese reading
- huà, huá — Chinese character page
Words with 樺
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 白樺 | しらかば shirakaba | Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica) |
| 樺太 | からふと karafuto | Karafuto (Japanese name for Sakhalin) |
| 樺の木 | かばのき kabanoki | birch tree (esp. the Japanese white birch, Betula platyphylla var. japonica) |
| 樺色 | かばいろ kabairo | reddish yellow |
| 樺太鱒 | からふとます karafutomasu | pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha); humpback salmon |
| 鵜松明樺 | うだいかんば udaikanba | monarch birch (Betula maximowicziana); Japanese birch |
| 岳樺 | だけかんば dakekanba | Erman's birch (Betula ermanii); Russian rock birch |
| 大樺斑 | おおかばまだら ookabamadara | monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) |
| 樺太犬 | からふとけん karafutoken | Sakhalin husky (dog breed) |
| 樺太梟 | からふとふくろう karafutofukurou | great grey owl (Strix nebulosa) |
| 樺太雷鳥 | からふとらいちょう karafutoraichou | willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus); red grouse |
| 白樺油 | しらかばゆ shirakabayu | Japanese white birch oil |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.