漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
倭: Yamato, ancient Japan
JLPT N110 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
亻 carries the meaning · 委 is drawn in
10 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ワwa · on'yomi · in compounds
- 倭人わじんJapanese person
- 倭わJapan; Japanese-style
やまとyamato · kun'yomi · on its own
- 倭絵やまとえYamato-e (classical Japan decorative…
Also read イ, したがう, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“See the person standing tall, ready to interact with the world! When this radical appears on the left, it signals that the kanji describes a human quality, a social relationship, or an action that people perform.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
委
Also built on committee (委)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side倭 Yamato · 亻
vs萎 wither · 艹In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · wō
Same form: 倭 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 倭 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 倭 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin wō most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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