靴

shoes

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

カ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

くつ

Stroke Order

13 / 13

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:13

JLPT:N3

Frequency:1561

Vocabulary

カ

Word	Reading	Meaning
軍靴	グンカ	military shoes; combat boots
長靴	チョウカ	leather boots; rubber boots; wellingtons; wellies; long boots; high boots
隔靴掻痒	カクカソウヨウ	being frustrated because something is not quite as hoped (just as one cannot scratch an itch from outside a shoe); having an itch that one cannot scratch
製靴	セイカ	shoe-making
半靴	ハンカ	low shoes; shoes; informal riding shoes without an ankle strap

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
靴	くつ	shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
靴下	くつした	socks; sock; stockings; stocking
革靴	かわぐつ	leather shoes; leather boots
靴屋	くつや	shoe store; shoe shop; shoemaker
運動靴	うんどうぐつ	sports shoes; sneakers

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

leather, skin, reform, become serious

overcome, kindly, skillfully

happenstance, especially, intentionally, reason, cause, circumstances, the late, therefore, consequently

expert, teacher, master, model, exemplar, army (incl. counter), war

protect, guarantee, keep, preserve, sustain, support

hegemony, supremacy, leadership, champion

maneuver, manipulate, operate, steer, chastity, virginity, fidelity

entice, lead, tempt, invite, ask, call for, seduce, allure