較 — kanji meaning “contrast”
較
contrast, compare
- Meanings
- contrast, compare
- On'yomi
- カク (kaku)、コウ (kou)
- Kun'yomi
- くら.べる
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #1172 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 159
- Chinese reading
- jiào, jiǎo — Chinese character page
Words with 較
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 比較 | ひかく hikaku | comparison |
| 比較的 | ひかくてき hikakuteki | comparatively; relatively |
| 較差 | かくさ kakusa | range |
| 較優位論 | かくゆういろん kakuyuuiron | theory of comparative advantage |
| 直接比較 | ちょくせつひかく chokusetsuhikaku | direct comparison |
| 比較級 | ひかくきゅう hikakukyuu | comparative; comparative degree |
| 比較対照 | ひかくたいしょう hikakutaishou | comparison and contrast |
| 比較文学 | ひかくぶんがく hikakubungaku | comparative literature |
| 較量 | こうりょう kouryou | comparison |
| 比較文化 | ひかくぶんか hikakubunka | cross-cultural; comparative culture |
| 比較関係 | ひかくかんけい hikakukankei | comparative relation |
| 比較器 | ひかくき hikakuki | comparator |
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