Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N4

519 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 14

Meaning: song, sing

Kunyomi: うた うた.う

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: あくび

Meaning: lack, yawn

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

手(かしゅ)   singer

詞(かし)   song lyrics

舞伎(かぶき)   Japanese classical drama

(こっか)   national anthem

(わか)   Japanese poem

(たんか)   31-syllable Japanese poem

(うた)   song

う(うたう)   sing

Onyomi Examples

カゲキ opera

カキョク melody, tune, song

エンカ enka, traditional-style Japanese popular ballad, troubadour

ワカ waka, classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae

Kunyomi Examples

うた song, singing, classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka), modern poetry

うたあわせ poetry contest

たんか tanka, 31-mora Japanese poem

替え かえうた parody (of a song), new lyrics to an old melody, song parody

うたう to sing, to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem, to express in the form of a poem, to recite (a poem)

うたい うたうたい singer, vocalist, nagauta singer (in kabuki), singer of noh chants