Question

歌 うた、うた.う 歌(うた): (1) song (2) classical Japanese poetry (esp. tanka) (3) modern poetry歌手(かしゅ): singer歌謡(かよう): song; ballad歌留多(かるた): playing cards; card game 2 哥: big brother欠: lack; gap; fail; yawning radical (no. 76) 欠 4 (none) song Can-can dancers are supposed to be big-bosomed girls who dance. Yet these so called can-can dancers are flat-chested and singing a song, so audience of men is yawning in boredom.

Accepted Answer

カ song, sing 4 519 14 76 あくび・けんづくり・かける・けつ 形声 Phonetic Can-Can-ers lack the ability to sing a song, so they just dance. 508

Kanji	歌
Onyomi	カ
Kunyomi	うた、うた.う
English	song, sing
Examples	歌(うた): (1) song (2) classical Japanese poetry (esp. tanka) (3) modern poetry 歌手(かしゅ): singer 歌謡(かよう): song; ballad 歌留多(かるた): playing cards; card game
JLPT Level	4
Jouyou Grade	2
Frequency	519
Components	哥: big brother 欠: lack; gap; fail; yawning radical (no. 76)
Number of Strokes	14
Kanji Radical	欠
Radical Number	76
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	あくび・けんづくり・かける・けつ
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	song
Koohii Story 1	Can-Can-ers lack the ability to sing a song, so they just dance.
Koohii Story 2	Can-can dancers are supposed to be big-bosomed girls who dance. Yet these so called can-can dancers are flat-chested and singing a song, so audience of men is yawning in boredom.
RTK Index (new)	508

Song Sing Poetry Yawning Dance Can Can Dancers 歌