Kanji N3

果: fruit, reward, carry out

果 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning fruit, reward, carry out, written with 8 strokes. It is read カ (on) and はたす, はてる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 効果 (こうか, effect) and 果物 (くだもの, fruit).

果

Meanings

  • fruit
  • reward
  • carry out
  • achieve
  • complete
  • end
  • finish
  • succeed
Strokes8
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#258 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • カ

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

Kun reading
  • はたす
  • はたす
  • -はたす
  • はてる
  • -はてる
  • はて

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 果

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

  • 効果こうか

    effect; effectiveness; efficacy; result

    JLPT N3
  • 果物くだもの

    fruit

    JLPT N5
  • 結果けっか

    result; consequence; outcome; effect; product

    JLPT N3
  • 成果せいか

    (good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors)

    JLPT N1
  • 果実かじつ

    fruit; nut; berry

    JLPT N2
  • 果てはて

    end; extremity; limit

    JLPT N1
  • 果たすはたす

    to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out

    JLPT N1
  • 果てるはてる

    to end; to be finished; to be exhausted

    JLPT N1

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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.