Kanji N2

瓦: tile, gram

瓦 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning tile, gram, written with 5 strokes. It is read ガ (on) and かわら, ぐらむ (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 瓦 (かわら, tile) and 煉瓦 (れんが, brick).

瓦

Meanings

  • tile
  • gram
Strokes5
JLPT levelN2
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1850 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ガ

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

Kun reading
  • かわら
  • ぐらむ

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 瓦

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

  • 瓦かわら

    tile (e.g. roof)

    JLPT N2
  • 煉瓦れんが

    brick

    JLPT N2
  • 瓦斯ガス

    gas (as a fuel)

    JLPT N4
  • 瓦礫がれき

    rubble; debris; wreckage; tiles and pebbles

  • 瓦解がかい

    collapse; downfall

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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. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.