Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N2

434 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: skill, art, craft, ability, feat, performance, vocation, arts

Kunyomi: わざ

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: てへん

Meaning: hand

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

術(ぎじゅつ)   technique

能(ぎのう)   technical skill

巧(ぎこう)   skill, technique, craftsmanship

(とくぎ)   special skill

(きょうぎ)   game, match

する(えんぎする)   act, perform

(わざ)   art, technique

Onyomi Examples

ワザ technique, art, skill, move

ギコウ technique, finesse

コクギ national sport (e.g. sumo)

陸上競 リクジョウキョウギ track-and-field events

Kunyomi Examples

わざ technique, art, skill, move

あり わざあり waza-ari (in judo, a half-point awarded for good but incomplete execution)

ねわざ pinning technique (in wrestling or judo), underhanded dealings

投げ なげわざ throw or throwing technique (sumo, judo)