Kanji N1

価: value, price

価 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning value, price, written with 8 strokes. It is read カ, ケ (on) and あたい (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 価格 (かかく, price) and 評価 (ひょうか, valuation).

価

Meanings

  • value
  • price
Strokes8
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#250 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • カ
  • ケ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • あたい

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 価

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 価格かかく

    price; value; cost

    JLPT N3
  • 評価ひょうか

    valuation; appraisal; evaluation; assessment

    JLPT N3
  • 価値かち

    value; worth; merit

    JLPT N3
  • 物価ぶっか

    prices of commodities; prices (in general)

    JLPT N3
  • 定価ていか

    list price; regular price; established price

    JLPT N2
  • 高価こうか

    highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly

    JLPT N3
  • 株価かぶか

    stock prices

  • 地価ちか

    the price of land

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.