仮 provisional

(personleft) + 反 (anti)
★★★☆☆
6 strokes

Onyomi

KA

Mnemonic

CARRie is against people, so she can only be a provisional friend of ours.

Kunyomi

かり ( に ) suppose, as in "Suppose, for the sake of argument, that you were a doctor".
★★☆☆☆

Jukugo

仮面(かめん)

mask ★★★☆☆
仮 (provisional) + 面 (front surface / face) = 仮面 (mask)

mask. (literally, "temporary face")

仮名(カナ)

kana ★☆☆☆☆
仮 (provisional) + 名 (name, famous) = 仮名 (kana)

all the Japanese letterforms which are not Kanji - hiragana, katakana, okurigana, furigana, oshirigana, nurenuregana, bakana, and whatever they think up next!

Lookalikes

Meaning Hint Radical
板 plank WOOD 木
仮 provisional PERSON 人
坂 slope EARTH 土

The board is made of WOOD
The PERSON is provisionally good (before xmas).

The EARTH has slopes called hills.

Synonyms

speaking hypothetically
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