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豆

豆 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. （古用）たかつき。
  2. まめ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

象形。たかつきを象ったもの。「たかつき」を意味する漢語｛豆｝を表す字。のち仮借して「まめ」を意味する同音異義語に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

beans, pea, midget

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • トウElem.
  • ズElem.
Kun (native)
  • まめElem.
  • まめ〜Elem.
Nanori (used in names)
  • ど
  • ま
Other languages
  • 拼音dou4
  • 한글du
  • Hán-ViệtĐậu
  • Hán-ViệtDấu

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

Basics

Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
豆(まめ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+8C46

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱𠮛䒑

Words using this kanji

  • 豆まめ（まめ）穀物の一群、主に食用となる双子葉植物の種子。legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses), bean, pea, soya bean (Glycine max)
  • 豆腐とうふ大豆の液状蛋白質成分（豆乳）を凝固させて作る食品。 1.に類似した食品。 パソコンやスマホで、フォントが対応しておらず表示できない文字と置き換えられる、小さい四角形の記号。豆腐文字。tofu, bean curd, beancurd
  • 豆乳とうにゅう大豆を水に浸してすりつぶし、水を加えて煮つめ、かすを漉した液体。豆腐の原料。soy milk
  • 豆知識まめちしきちょっとした知識。trivia, snippet of knowledge
  • 豆類まめるいpulse (edible seeds of various leguminous crops), plant yielding pulse
  • 豆まきまめまきsowing beans (or pulses, etc.), scattering parched beans (to drive out evil spirits)
  • 豆本まめほん持ち運び用の極めて小型の本。miniature book
  • 豆料まめりょうlegume, podded plant
  • 豆板まめいたcandied bean slab
  • 豆炭まめたん(oval) charcoal briquette
  • 豆粒まめつぶ豆の粒。 豆粒のように小さいこと。(single) bean, pea, something very small, tiny speck
  • 豆蔵まめぞうloquacious man
  • 豆殻まめがらremnants of a bean plant, beanstalks and pods, bean husk
  • 豆粕まめかすbean cake, soybean (oil) meal
  • 豆偏まめへん漢字の部首「⾖」が偏である場合の呼称。kanji "bean" radical at left
  • 豆鹿まめじかchevrotain (Tragulidae spp.), mouse deer
  • 豆桜まめざくらFuji cherry (Prunus incisa)
  • 豆球まめきゅうminiature light bulb, midget lamp
  • 豆汁とうじゅうmung bean milk, douzhi
  • 豆油まめあぶらsoybean oil

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-1-6
Four Corner
1010.8
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3d4.22
Heisig
1548
Nelson
4465