Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N3

458 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: young, if, perhaps, possibly, low number, immature

Kunyomi: わか.い わか- も.しくわ も.し も.しくは ごと.し

Onyomi: ジャク ニャク ニャ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: くさかんむり

Meaning: grass

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

年(じゃくねん)   youth

干(じゃっかん)   some

輩(じゃくはい)   young person, novice

男女(ろうにゃくなんにょ)   men and women of all ages

い(わかい)   young

者(わかもの)   youth

手(わかて)   young person

しも(もしも)   if

Onyomi Examples

ジャクネン youth

ニャクソウ young monk, boy monk

ロウニャク young and old, all ages

ドウジャク (staring in) astonishment, amazement

ニャクソウ young monk, boy monk

ニャクドウ homosexuality, pederasty

ロウニャク young and old, all ages

ニャクソウ young monk, boy monk

ニャクドウ homosexuality, pederasty

ハンニャ prajna (wisdom required to attain enlightenment), noh mask of a grinning, horned demoness (represents a woman's rage and jealousy), family crest designed after the Hannya noh mask, dreadful face (esp. of a woman driven mad by jealousy), terrifying facial expression

麦般 ムギハンニャ beer

Kunyomi Examples

わかい young, youthful, immature, green, low (number), small

い頃 わかいころ one's youth, early life, one's early days, one's early years

もし if, in case, supposing

しかしたら もしかしたら perhaps, maybe, perchance, by some chance, by any chance

しくは もしくは or, otherwise

如し ごとし like, as if, the same as