牙 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

This stroke order diagram is drawn with 4 strokes; it can differ from the count above because the sources use slightly different glyph shapes.

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

Meaning

tusk, fang, tusk radical (no. 92)

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • HS
  • JHS
Kun (native)
  • きばJHS
Other languages
  • 拼音ya2
  • 한글a
  • Hán-ViệtNha

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
5 strokes
Radical
牙(きば)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+7259

Components

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

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿹𡕒丿

Words using this kanji

  • 牙買加ジャマイカJamaica
  • きば(きば)鋭く上下で嚙み合わない歯、多くの場合は犬歯。tusk, fang
  • 牙城がじょう城の中で大将がいる場所。本丸。 敵や組織などの本拠地。stronghold (esp. of an enemy or opponent), inner citadel, bastion
  • (きば)鋭く上下で嚙み合わない歯、多くの場合は犬歯。tooth, ivory
  • 牙龍がりゅうdragon's fang
  • 牙保がほ売買を仲介すること。 特に、盗品の売り先を斡旋すること。 売買を仲介する。brokerage, mediation, fencing (of stolen goods)
  • 牙纛がとう天子や将軍が持つ、先に象牙の装飾がついた旗。flagstaff decorated with ivory carried by the emperor or a general
  • 牙婆すあいbroker, brokerage, brokerage fee
  • 牙虫がむし甲虫目ガムシ科に属する甲虫の総称。学名:Hydrophilidae。 1.に属する甲虫の一種。学名:Hydrophilus acuminatus。water scavenger beetles (Hydrophilidae family)
  • 牙牌がはいbone tile (e.g. for Chinese dominoes)
  • 牙獐キバノロwater deer (Hydropotes inermis)
  • 牙海蜷きばうみになmud creeper (Terebralia palustris)
  • 牙関緊急がかんきんきゅうtrismus, lockjaw
  • 牙を研ぐきばをとぐto lie in wait, to wait for an opportunity to hurt someone
  • 牙を剥くきばをむくto bare one's fangs, to snarl (at)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(45 results)

Similar-looking kanji

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Lookup codes

SKIP
4-4-1
Four Corner
7124.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
0a4.28
Heisig
2053
Nelson
2848