仮
仮·temporary, provisional
- On-yomi
- カケ
- Kun-yomi
- かり
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Stroke order
Write it in this order; the numbers mark where each stroke starts.
Common words
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 仮に | かりに | supposing, temporarily |
| 仮定 | かてい | assumption, hypothesis |
| 仮名 | かな | kana (the Japanese syllabaries) |
| 仮病 | けびょう | feigned illness |
Example sentences
仮に雨が降ったら中止します。
かりにあめがふったらちゅうしします。
Supposing it rains, we will call it off.
仮定の話をしても仕方がない。
かていのはなしをしてもしかたがない。
There's no point in talking about hypotheticals.
弟は仮病を使って学校を休んだ。
おとうとはけびょうをつかってがっこうをやすんだ。
My brother faked being ill and skipped school.
Similar-looking kanji
Do not confuse these on the exam.
Common mistakes
- Reading 仮病 as かびょう — it is けびょう
- Reading 仮名 as かめい when it means kana — that word is かな
Memory aid
Picture it
A person 亻 beside 反 (reverse) — someone standing in the other one's place for the time being.
Vocabulary using this kanji
- 仮令たとえeven if
- 仮釈放かりしゃくほうparole
- 仮かりtentative; provisional; temporary
- 仮説かせつhypothesis
- 仮にかりにsupposing; hypothetically
- 仮定かていassumption, supposition, hypothesis
- 振り仮名ふりがなfurigana, kana printed beside a kanji to show its reading
- 平仮名ひらがなhiragana, the cursive Japanese syllabary
- 片仮名かたかなkatakana (the angular Japanese syllabary)
- 送り仮名おくりがなokurigana, the kana written after a kanji to show its inflected ending
- 仮名遣いかなづかいkana orthography, kana spelling
- 仮名かなkana, the Japanese syllabic script (hiragana and katakana)
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