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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, ズ

豆

Radical

Radical: 豆

Reading: まめ

Meaning: bean

Strokes: 7

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Examples

Examples with audio

豆腐(とうふ)   tofu, bean-curd

豆乳(とうにゅう)   soy milk

納豆(なっとう)   natto (fermented soybeans)

大豆(だいず)   soy bean

豆(まめ)   beans, peas, miniature, tiny

豆電球(まめでんきゅう)   miniature light bulb

枝豆(えだまめ)   green soybeans

*小豆(あずき)   adzuki beans

Onyomi Examples

豆腐 (トウフ) tofu, bean curd, beancurd

豆乳 (トウニュウ) soy milk

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

菜豆 (サイトウ) haricot, kidney bean

豆打 (ズンダ) mashed boiled green soybeans

小豆 (アズキ) adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)

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

Kunyomi Examples

豆 (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

豆知識 (まめちしき) trivia, snippet of knowledge

枝豆 (えだまめ) edamame (green soybeans)

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

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