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Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1580 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 16

Meaning: song, sing, ballad, noh chanting

Kunyomi: うた.い, うた.う

Onyomi: ヨウ

Composition: 言 䍃

謡

Radical

Radical: 言

Meaning: speech

Reading: げん

Frequency: 861

Alternative forms:

訁(alt radical position hen)

言

Examples

Onyomi Examples

謡曲 (ヨウキョク) noh song

民謡 (ミンヨウ) folk song, popular song

歌謡 (カヨウ) song, ballad

Kunyomi Examples

謡 (うたい) noh chanting, noh chant

謡物 (うたいもの) utai (noh chant) piece for recitation

地謡 (じうたい) noh chorus

素謡 (すうたい) bare noh chanting, vocal-only noh theater performance, with no dancing or instruments, unaccompanied utai

謡う (うたう) to chant (a noh text)

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