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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1500 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 14

Meaning: burdensome, pack horse, horse load, send by horse, trivial, worthless

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: ダ, タ

Composition: 馬 太

駄

Radical

Radical: 馬

Meaning: horse

Reading: うま

Frequency: 472

Alternative forms:

(alt radical position hen)

馬

Examples

Onyomi Examples

駄 (ダ) poor, low-grade, trivial, insignificant, worthless, load, pack, horse load, packhorse

駄目 (ダメ) no good, not serving its purpose, useless, broken, hopeless, wasted, in vain, purposeless, cannot, must not, not allowed, neutral point, intersection owned by neither player at the end of a game, no!, stop!

雪駄 (セッタ) leather-soled sandals (geta)

足駄 (アシダ) high clogs, rain clogs

中下駄 (チュウゲタ) medium height geta

高下駄 (タカゲタ) tall wooden clogs

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