Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level: N1
1404 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 3
Meaning: to be (classical)
Kunyomi: なり か また
Onyomi: ヤ エ
Composition: 丨 乙
Radical: 乛
Meaning: second
や行 (ヤギョウ) the "ya" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ya, yu, yo)
也 (なり) to be, to be (location), sum of money
弱き者よ汝の名は女なり (よわきものよなんじのなはおんななり) frailty, thy name is woman
知らぬは亭主ばかりなり (しらぬはていしゅばかりなり) the husband is always the last to know, everyone knows of the wife's infidelity but the cuckolded husband