# 架 — put across; rack

架 means “put across; rack”. It is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 9 strokes. On'yomi: カ (ka). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: put across; rack
- On'yomi: カ (ka)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 9
- Level: JLPT N1 · set Buildings & rooms 2

## How to remember 架

Sounds like 加: both read カ.

Parts: 加 add · 木 tree

## Don't confuse it with

[勅](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/imperial-decree/) · [保](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/preserve/) · [格](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/status/) · [枯](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/wither/)

## More in the “Buildings & rooms 2” set

[壇](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/podium/) · [垣](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/fence/) · [架](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/put-across/) · [廊](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/corridor/) · [亭](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/pavilion/) · [郭](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/walled-enclosure/) · [寮](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/dormitory/)

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