伽 — kanji meaning “nursing”
伽
nursing, attending, entertainer
- Meanings
- nursing, attending, entertainer
- On'yomi
- カ (ka)、ガ (ga)、キャ (kya)、ギャ (gya)
- Kun'yomi
- とぎ
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- 9
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #2323 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 9
- Chinese reading
- jiā, qié — Chinese character page
Words with 伽
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 伽藍 | がらん garan | temple (esp. large one); monastery |
| 御伽 | おとぎ otogi | attending (upon); keeping another company; being a confidant |
| 伽羅 | きゃら kyara | aloes wood (Taxus cuspidata var. nana) |
| 夜伽 | よとぎ yotogi | attending someone through the night (of a guard, nurse) |
| 伽耶 | かや kaya | Kaya (ancient Korean confederacy); Karak |
| 瑜伽 | ゆが yuga | yoga |
| 七堂伽藍 | しちどうがらん shichidougaran | complete seven-structured temple compound |
| 閼伽 | あか aka | water offering to Buddha; holy water |
| お伽草子 | おとぎぞうし otogizoushi | fairy-tale book |
| 迦陵頻伽 | かりょうびんが karyoubinga | kalavinka; imaginary bird in paradise that sings sweet notes |
| 伽藍堂 | がらんどう garandou | empty; hollow; bare |
| 伽芝居 | とぎしばい togishibai | fairy play; pantomime |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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