也

3 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1
JLPT exam level N1

to be (classical)

Kun'yomi
  • なり
    		to be ②to be (at a location) ③sum of money
  • か
  • また
On'yomi
  • ヤ
  • エ
Nanori
  • し

Main Radical

乙(KanXi) 丨(Nelson)

Variants

や ヤ

Reading Commonality

ヤ 60.7%
なり 39.3%

Character Breakdown

to be (classical)
ヤ　なり　エ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
to squint, what? huh? (Cant.)
バ　メ　やぶにらみ
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン　シ　ジョ

Contained In

他 地 弛 施 池 釶 馳 髢

Common Words

くう
空
や
也
もち
餅
chunky mochi made with half-polished rice, stuffed with red bean paste
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References

Unicode hex code 4E5F
JIS X 0208 1-44-73
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 75
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 58
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3406
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 4214
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 2130
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2878
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2094
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2236
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 1553
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 23
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1986
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 171
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2005
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 0a3.29
Four corner code 4471.2