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也

也 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. ～である
  2. 助字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

構形本義不明。以下の説がある。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

to be (classical)

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ヤ
  • エ
Kun (native)
  • なり
  • か
  • また
Nanori (used in names)
  • し
Other languages
  • 拼音ye3
  • 한글ya
  • Hán-ViệtDã

Basics

Strokes
3 strokes
Radical
乙(おつ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+4E5F

Components

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

Composition (IDS): overlapping ⿻⿺乚丨𠃌

Words using this kanji

  • 也なりto be, to be (at a location), sum of money

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(3 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
4-3-2
Four Corner
4471.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
0a3.29
Heisig
2236
Nelson
75