仮

音読おんよみ: カ・ケ

訓読くんよみ: かり

画数かくすう: 6 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 亻(にんべん)

Meaning

Temporary / Provisional / False / Assumed

  • 仮説かせつ — hypothesis
  • 仮定かてい — assumption
  • 仮病けびょう — feigned illness
  • 仮面かめん — mask
  • 仮名かな — kana (syllabary)
  • かり — temporary

仮 pairs the person radical 亻 with phonetic 反, hinting at “opposite” or “not the real thing.” It marks something provisional, assumed, or outwardly present but not final.

仮定かていはなしをしよう。
Let’s talk hypothetically.

かれ仮病けびょう使つかって やすんだ。
He pretended to be sick to take a day off.

説
Creates
仮説かせつ — hypothesis
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