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The Kanji Map

Kanji

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

奴

Radical

Radical: 女

Meaning: woman, female

Reading: おんな

Frequency: 681

Alternative forms:

(alt radical position hen)

女

Examples

Onyomi Examples

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

Kunyomi Examples

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

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