仮 — sham, temporary, interim, assumed (name), informal

Readings

On'yomi

カケ

Kun'yomi

かりかり-

Example words

• 仮にかりにtemporarily; provisionally; for example; for argument's sake
• 片仮名カタカナkatakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
• 仮定かていassumption; supposition; hypothesis
• 平仮名ひらがなhiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)
• 仮令たとえeven if; if; though; although
• 仮名遣いかなづかいkana orthography; syllabary spelling
• 振り仮名ふりがなfurigana (kana over or beside kanji to indicate pronunciation)
• 送り仮名おくりがなkana written after a kanji to complete the full (usually kun) reading of the word (may inflect); declensional kana ending