What is the Kanji for "Congratulate"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Congratulate", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Congratulate" is "賀".

This kanji has 1 reading:

Its onyomi reading is "Ga".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The kanji "加" means "Join" and "Add" and can be read as "Ka" and "Kuwa". And The kanji "貝" means "Shellfish" and can be read as "Bai" and "Kai".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "賀" mean in japanese?

"賀" means "Congratulate".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Fifth Grade, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N1 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

年賀状: "New year's card". The Japanese noun 年賀状 (ねんがじょう) refers to a special type of greeting card that is sent during the New Year's holiday season in Japan. These cards are typically decorated with traditional Japanese imagery and are used to wish friends, family, and acquaintances a happy new year. Sending 年賀状 is an important cultural tradition in Japan. Examples: I send new year's cards to my relatives every year - (私は毎年、家族に年賀状を送ります). The new year's cards are so beautiful this year - (今年の年賀状がとてもきれいです).

年賀: "New year's card". The noun '年賀 (ねんが)' refers to a Japanese new year's card or greeting card that is sent at the beginning of the new year. These cards often feature traditional Japanese designs or imagery and are exchanged between family, friends, and colleagues to wish each other a happy new year. For example: I sent new year's cards to all my friends - (友達全員に年賀状を出しました).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "が" is read as "ga"

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.