爺 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

old man, grampa

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
Kun (native)
  • じい
  • じじい
  • おやじ
  • じじ
  • ちち
Other languages
  • 拼音ye2
  • 한글ya
  • Hán-ViệtGia

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
父(ちち)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+723A

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱父耶

Words using this kanji

  • 爺さんじいさんgrandfather, male senior-citizen
  • じじold man, old geezer
  • 爺やじいやelderly handyman, elderly manservant
  • 爺ちゃんじいちゃんgrandfather, male senior-citizen
  • 爺むさいじじむさいlike an old man, doddering, wizened, frowzy

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(15 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-4-9
Four Corner
8012.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2o10.6
Heisig
2423
Nelson
2835