賀 — kanji meaning “congratulations”
賀
congratulations, joy
- Meanings
- congratulations, joy
- On'yomi
- ガ (ga)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Name readings
- か、のり、よし、より
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- 4
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1056 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 154
- Chinese reading
- hè — Chinese character page
Words with 賀
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 年賀状 | ねんがじょう nengajou | New Year's card |
| 年賀 | ねんが nenga | New Year's greetings; New Year's call; New Year's gift |
| 祝賀 | しゅくが shukuga | celebration; congratulations |
| 佐賀 | さが saga | Saga (city, prefecture) |
| 滋賀 | しが shiga | Shiga (prefecture) |
| 加賀 | かが kaga | Kaga (former province located in the south of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture) |
| 賀正 | がしょう gashou | A Happy New Year! |
| 参賀 | さんが sanga | congratulatory visit to the Imperial Palace (e.g. at New Year) |
| 伊賀 | いが iga | Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture) |
| 謹賀 | きんが kinga | wishes of happiness |
| 宇賀神 | うがじん ugajin | god of harvests and wealth (syncretized with Saraswati, and often taking the form of a heavenly woman, a white snake or a fox) |
| 賀状 | がじょう gajou | New Year's card |
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