Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high
JLPT level: N1
1932 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 5
Meaning: guy, slave, manservant, fellow
Kunyomi: やつ, やっこ
Onyomi: ド
Composition: 女 又
Radical: 女
Meaning: woman, female
Reading: おんな
Frequency: 681
Alternative forms:
奴隷 (ドレイ) slave, servant, slavery
【ドチザメ】 (banded houndshark (Triakis scyllium))
売国奴 (バイコクド) traitor (to one's country), quisling
農奴 (ノウド) serf
奴 (やつ) fellow, guy, chap, thing, object, he, she, him, her
臣 (やつこ) slave, retainer, servant, captive, varlet, I, me
彼奴 (あやつ) he, she, that guy
懲りない奴 (こりないやつ) person (generally male) who won't learn their lesson, persistent jerk
奴 (やっこ) servant (esp. a samurai's attendant), chivalrous man (Edo period), cubed tofu (often served cold), kite shaped like an Edo-period footman, Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants, enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime), he, she, him, her
奴頭 (やっこあたま) Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants
輪抜奴 (わぬけやっこ) bluering angelfish (Pomacanthus annularis)
三下奴 (さんしたやっこ) petty underling, small fry