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KanjiN4Grade 2 · 小214 strokesRadical 欠

歌 · song, sing

歌 is a kanji meaning song, sing. It has 14 strokes and is on the JLPT N4 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

  • カka

Kun'yomi · Japanese

  • うたuta
  • うたうutau

Practise the N4 kanji

In 第10巻 JLPT N4, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 歌 · 5 in our JLPT lists

Words that use 歌
WordReadingMeaningLevel
歌うたa songN5
歌ううたうto singN5
歌手かしゅsingerN3
歌謡かようsong, balladN3
短歌たんか31-syllable Japanese poemN1

Example sentence

鳥が歌っている。

とりがうたっている

The birds are singing.

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · Sentence: Tatoeba #125832 (CC BY 2.0 FR) · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Stroke order

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