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訳

訳 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 言葉を、分解しわかるようにする。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「釋」に同音の「尺」をあて「釈」としたことから、「睪」に替え「尺」の文字を当てるようになった。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

translate, reason, circumstance, case

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ヤクElem.
Kun (native)
  • わけElem.
Other languages
  • 拼音yi4
  • 한글yeog
  • Hán-ViệtDịch

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

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
言(げん)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+8A33

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰言尺

Words using this kanji

  • 訳者やくしゃ翻訳した人。翻訳者。translator
  • 訳わけ（ヤク）翻訳。訳語。 （わけ、訣の代用）理由。reason, cause, grounds, meaning
  • 訳すやくす「訳する」に同じ。to translate, to interpret
  • 訳がないわけがないthere is no way that ..., easy, simple
  • 訳ではないわけではないit does not mean that ..., I don't mean that ..., it is not the case that ...
  • 訳じゃないわけじゃないit does not mean that ..., I don't mean that ..., it is not the case that
  • 訳文やくぶん訳した文章。translated sentence, translated passage, translation, version
  • 訳語やくご他言語などに訳した言葉。translation equivalent, equivalent word in translation, translation (of a word), gloss
  • 訳書やくしょ翻訳した書物。translation
  • 訳詞やくしtranslation of lyrics
  • 訳詩やくし詩や歌詞を翻訳すること。 翻訳した詩・歌詞。translated poem
  • 訳やく（ヤク）翻訳。訳語。 （わけ、訣の代用）理由。translation, version (e.g. "English version")
  • 訳注やくちゅう翻訳と注釈。 訳文に翻訳者がつけた注釈。translation and annotation, translation with notes, translator's notes
  • 訳本やくほん翻訳による書物。translated book
  • 訳名やくめいname or word formed by translation
  • 訳出やくしゅつ翻訳すること。translation
  • 訳合わけあいreason, circumstances, meaning
  • 訳述やくじゅつtranslation
  • 訳柄わけがらreason, circumstances, meaning
  • 訳業やくぎょうthe translation profession

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-7-4
Four Corner
0768.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
7a4.8
Heisig
1154
Nelson
4327