賀

音読おんよみ:

訓読くんよみ: none *

画数かくすう: 12 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 貝(かい)

Meaning

Congratulations / Celebration / Greetings

  • 年賀状ねんがじょう — New Year’s card
  • 祝賀会しゅくがかい — celebration party
  • 賀詞がし — congratulatory words
  • 賀正がしょう — New Year’s greeting (formal)
  • 参賀さんが — imperial New Year’s visit

賀 combines the 貝 radical (shell/money, symbolizing value) with phonetic 加. It suggests offering something valuable with joy, such as words or gifts of celebration. It appears mostly in set phrases and formal writing.

年賀状ねんがじょうおくりました。
I sent a New Year’s card.

賀詞がしべる機会きかいました。
I had the chance to express congratulatory words.

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Creates
年賀ねんが — New Year’s card
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