丫 — readings, stroke count and radical

menu_bookMeaning (Japanese)

1. 枝分かれ。
2. 分岐。
3. 髪止め、簪。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

brushOrigin of the character

象形。二股に分かれる形を象る。「ふたまた」を意味する漢語｛椏｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

menu_bookMeaning

bifurcation, fork

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• ア
• ヤ

Kun (native)

• ふたまた
• あげまき

Other languages

• 拼音ya1
• 한글a
• Hán-ViệtA
• Hán-ViệtGiác
• Hán-ViệtNha

infoBasics

Strokes

3 strokes

Radical

丨(ぼう)

JIS level

Level 4

Unicode

U+4E2B

grid_viewComponents

• ノ
• 丶てん
• ｜
• 丷は

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱丷丨

compare_arrowsSimilar-looking kanji

• 丅One part differs
• 个One part differs
• 亻One part differs

Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.

infoLookup codes

SKIP

4-3-4