仮

音読おんよみ: カ・ケ

訓読くんよみ: かり

画数かくすう: 6

部首ぶしゅ: にんべん(亻)

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.

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