5 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 7th grade
JLPT exam level N1

guy, slave, manservant, fellow

Kun'yomi
  • fellow ②thing ③he
  • servant (esp. a samurai's attendant) ②chivalrous man (Edo period) ③he
On'yomi
Nanori

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Variants

Reading Commonality

やつ 99.1%
0.8%
やっこ 0.1%

Character Breakdown

guy, slave, manservant
やつ ド やっこ (7th, N1)
woman, female
ジョ おんな め (1st, N5)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)

Contained In

Common Words

servant (esp. a samurai's attendant) ②chivalrous man (Edo period) ③he
slave ②slavery
fellow ②he
traitor (to one's country)
Xiongnu (ancient Central Asian nomadic people associated with the Huns)
person (generally male) who won't learn their lesson
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References

Unicode hex code 5974
JIS X 0208 1-37-59
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1186
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1174
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 187
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 217
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 136
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 164
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 702
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 758
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 1891
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 256
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1869
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 6039
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 1638
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 1933
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 1045
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 2118
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 1871
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 431
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 709
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3e2.2
Four corner code 4744.0
De Roo Code 1767