Kanken 1
篝

Meaning

Kanji 篝

beacon basket

beacon basket, campfire, fishing fire

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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
かがりかがりびふせご
Onyomi 音読み
コウ
Nanori 名乗り
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Jōyō
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Strokes
16
Radical
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Kanji Kentei
Level 1
Similar Kanji
講 • 購 • 構 • 溝 • 褠 • 冓 • 媾

Related vocabulary

3 common entries

Showing 3 of 3 entries that include this kanji.

かがり火

かがりび

brothel-keeper (Edo period)

篝

かがり

bonfire

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

夜道の目印として篝がたかれていた。

A signal fire had been lit as a marker on the road at night.

川辺で篝を囲んで話した。

We talked around a campfire by the river.

漁師たちは篝の明かりで魚を寄せた。

The fishermen drew the fish in with the light of a fishing fire.

門の前の篝が風に揺れている。

The signal fire in front of the gate is flickering in the wind.

昔の祭りでは大きな篝が使われた。

Large beacon fires were used in festivals long ago.