倭

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

Yamato, ancient Japan

Kun'yomi
  • やまと
    		(ancient) Japan ②Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
  • したがう
On'yomi
  • ワ
    		sum ②harmony ③Japan
  • イ
Nanori
  • まさ
  • やす

Main Radical

人(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

やまと 71.4%
ワ 28.6%

Character Breakdown

Yamato, ancient Japan
やまと　ワ　イ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
human radical (no. 9)
committee, entrust to, leave to
イ　ゆだ.ねる　まかせ (3rd, N2)
two-branch tree radical (no. 115)
カ　いね (Kentei Pre-1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)
woman, female
ジョ　おんな　め (1st, N5)

Common Words

わ
倭
じん
人
Japanese person
わ
倭
こう
寇
wokou
おお
大
やまと
倭
Japan ②Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
わ
倭
こく
国
Japan
わ
倭
みょう
名
るい
類
じゅ
聚
しょう
鈔
Wamyōruijushō (famous Heian-period Japanese dictionary)
わ
倭
おう
王
king of Yamato
じん
壬
しん
辰
わ
倭
らん
乱
Japanese invasions of Korea (1592-1598)
ぎ
魏
し
志
わ
倭
じん
人
でん
伝
Wajinden (passages in Records of the Three Kingdoms describing the Wa people)
わ
倭
ごく
玉
へん
篇
Wagokuhen (c. 1489 Japanese kanji dictionary)
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References

Unicode hex code 502D
JIS X 0208 1-47-33
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 475
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 242
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 140
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 94
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 107
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2106
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2244
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1283
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 796
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2019
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2a8.16
Four corner code 2224.4