Kanji N1

仮: sham, temporary, interim

仮 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning sham, temporary, interim, written with 6 strokes. It is read カ, ケ (on) and かり (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 仮定 (かてい, assumption) and 仮名 (かな, kana).

仮

Meanings

  • sham
  • temporary
  • interim
  • assumed (name)
  • informal
Strokes6
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#1039 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • カ
  • ケ

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

Kun reading
  • かり
  • かり-

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 仮

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

  • 仮定かてい

    assumption; supposition; hypothesis

    JLPT N2
  • 仮名かな

    kana

    JLPT N2
  • 仮名遣いかなづかい

    kana orthography; syllabary spelling

    JLPT N2
  • 振り仮名ふりがな

    furigana

    JLPT N2
  • 送り仮名おくりがな

    kana written after a kanji to complete the full (usually kun) reading of the word

    JLPT N2
  • 平仮名ひらがな

    hiragana

    JLPT N2
  • 仮令たとえ

    even if; no matter (what); if; though; although

    JLPT N1
  • 片仮名かたかな

    katakana

    JLPT N2

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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.