Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N1

1422 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: beans, pea, midget

Kunyomi: まめ まめ-

Onyomi: トウ

Radical

Radical:

Reading: まめ

Meaning: bean

Strokes: 7

Examples

Examples with audio

腐(とうふ)   tofu, bean-curd

乳(とうにゅう)   soy milk

(なっとう)   natto (fermented soybeans)

(だいず)   soy bean

(まめ)   beans, peas, miniature, tiny

電球(まめでんきゅう)   miniature light bulb

(えだまめ)   green soybeans

*小(あずき)   adzuki beans

Onyomi Examples

トウフ tofu, bean curd, beancurd

トウニュウ soy milk

リョクトウ mung bean (Vigna radiata), green gram

サイトウ haricot, kidney bean

ズンダ mashed boiled green soybeans

アズキ adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)

ダイズ soya bean (Glycine max), soybean, soy

Kunyomi Examples

まめ legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses), bean, pea, soya bean (Glycine max), soybean, soy, female genitalia (esp. the clitoris), kidney, small, miniature, baby, midget, small-scale, child

まき まめまき sowing beans (or pulses, etc.), scattering parched beans (to drive out evil spirits)

えだまめ edamame (green soybeans)

ライ ライまめ lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus), butter bean