Kanji
N1 15 strokes Grade 8 freq #1989

gamble, wager, bet

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

shellfish kai

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

gambling
gambling table; gaming table
deceptive betting game (such as the shell game); street fraud
prize archery
bet; stakes
gambler; gamester
gambling house; gaming room
gambling den; gambling house

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

bet; wager
to wager; to bet
bookmaker; taker of bets
to risk one's life; to do at the risk of death
to take a chance; to gamble
mahjong gambling; playing mahjong for money
gambler; gamester
bet; stakes
to stake; to risk
political gamble

Example sentences

He made a bet with her.

Short accounts make long friends.

He staked his future on this single chance.

He's in this thing up to his balls.