Today’s first #kanji is #歌, which is listed under the radical of #欠. 欠 has a meaning of “yawning” and from there the meaning of “opening the mouth big” can be easily guessed and 哥 indicates its onyomi sound, カ. Can you tell what 歌 means then?
Meaning: to sing
Reading: カ（ガ）、うた
歌手（カシュ）: a singer
歌曲（カキョク）: a song (in the classical style)
国歌（コッカ）: a national anthem
賛美歌（サンビカ）: a hymn
短歌（タンカ）: a tanka – a short Japanese poem of 31 syllables, arranged in lines of five, seven, five, seven and seven syllables
連歌（レンガ）: a renga – alinked verse
歌（うた）: a song
歌（うた）う: to sing, to chant; to compose a tanka poem
歌姫（うたひめ）: a songstress, a (female) singer
鼻歌（はなうた）: humming
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