# 菓 — sweets; cake

菓 means “sweets; cake”. It is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 11 strokes. On'yomi: カ (ka). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: sweets; cake
- On'yomi: カ (ka)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 11
- Level: JLPT N2 · set Food & cooking 2

## How to remember 菓

Sounds like 果: both read カ.

Parts: 艹 grass · 果 fruit

## Don't confuse it with

[苗](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/seedling/) · [茶](https://moji.ninja/n4-kanji/tea/) · [菜](https://moji.ninja/n4-kanji/vegetable/) · [果](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/fruit/)

## More in the “Food & cooking 2” set

[滋](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/nourishing/) · [辛](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/spicy/) · [菓](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/sweets/) · [鍋](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/pot/) · [丼](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/rice-bowl/) · [餅](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/rice-cake/) · [箸](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/chopsticks/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/sweets/. Last updated 2026-11-01.