寡 — kanji meaning “widow”
寡
widow, minority, few
- Meanings
- widow, minority, few
- On'yomi
- カ (ka)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #2035 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 40
- Chinese reading
- guǎ — Chinese character page
Words with 寡
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 寡黙 | かもく kamoku | untalkative; quiet; taciturn |
| 寡占 | かせん kasen | oligopoly; control of a market |
| 多寡 | たか taka | degree (of something); greatness or smallness (of something); quantity |
| 寡婦 | かふ kafu | widow; divorced woman not remarried; unmarried woman |
| 寡作 | かさく kasaku | unprolific (writer, artist, etc.) |
| 寡頭 | かとう katou | small number of people |
| 寡聞 | かぶん kabun | having little knowledge (of); being ill-informed |
| 寡頭政治 | かとうせいじ katouseiji | oligarchy |
| 寡兵 | かへい kahei | small army force |
| 寡夫 | かふ kafu | widower |
| 寡言 | かげん kagen | reticence; taciturnity |
| 寡少 | かしょう kashou | exceedingly little; exceedingly few; scanty |
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