瓦
roof tile; tile; gram
5 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1850.
Readings
- かわら (kun reading): 瓦 (かわら) tile (e.g. roof); 瓦葺き (かわらぶき) tile-roofing
- ガ (on reading): 煉瓦 (れんが) brick; 瓦礫 (がれき) rubble
- ぐらむ (kun reading)
- Read as a whole word: 日本瓦斯 (にっぽんがす) Nippon Gas
Components
Kanji containing 瓦
- 瓶 bottle
- 甕 jar
- 瓧 ten grams
- 瓩 kilogram
- 瓮 jar
- 瓰 decigram
- 瓱 milligram
- 瓲 tonne
- 瓷 high quality porcelain
- 瓸 hectogram
- 甃 floor tile
- 甄 porcelain
- 甅 centigram
- 甍 roof tile
- 甌 small jar
- 甎 floor tiles
- 甑 rice-steaming pot
- 甓 floor tiles
Words using 瓦
- 瓦 (かわら) tile (e.g. roof)
- 瓦葺き (かわらぶき) tile-roofing
- 屋根瓦 (やねがわら) roof tile
- 鬼瓦 (おにがわら) decorative ridge-end tile (traditionally bearing the face of a demon and resembling a gargoyle)
- 瓦屋根 (かわらやね) tiled roof
- 煉瓦 (れんが) brick
- 瓦礫 (がれき) rubble
- 瓦解 (がかい) collapse
- 瓦窯 (がよう) tile kiln
- 青瓦台 (せいがだい) Blue House (official residence of the president of South Korea)
- 日本瓦斯 (にっぽんがす) Nippon Gas
46 words in all.