菓 — kanji meaning “candy”
菓
candy, cakes, fruit
- Meanings
- candy, cakes, fruit
- On'yomi
- カ (ka)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #1719 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 140
- Chinese reading
- guǒ
Words with 菓
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 菓子 | かし kashi | confectionery; sweets; candy |
| 駄菓子 | だがし dagashi | penny candy; cheap individually wrapped sweets |
| 和菓子 | わがし wagashi | wagashi; traditional Japanese confectionery |
| お菓子 | おかし okashi | confections; sweets; candy |
| 洋菓子 | ようがし yougashi | Western confectionery |
| 製菓 | せいか seika | confectionery production |
| 菓子パン | かしパン kashipan | baked sweet goods (e.g. Danish pastry, melon bread); sweet pastry; sweet bread |
| 氷菓 | ひょうか hyouka | frozen dessert (e.g. ice cream, sorbet, ice pop) |
| 氷菓 | ひょうか hyouka | Hyōka (2001 novel and media franchise) |
| 銘菓 | めいか meika | excellent sweet; confection of an established name |
| 茶菓子 | ちゃがし chagashi | cake served with tea; teacake |
| 生菓子 | なまがし namagashi | fresh Japanese sweets (usu. containing red bean paste) |
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