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
Radical: 馬
Meaning: horse
Reading: うま
Frequency: 472
Alternative forms:
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