漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
唄: song, ballad
JLPT N110 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
口 carries the meaning · 貝 is drawn in
10 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
うたuta · kun'yomi · on its own
- 唄うたsong; singing
- 長唄ながうたlong epic song with shamisen accompaniment…
- 小唄こうたkouta
- 地唄じうた(style of) folk song
- 子守唄こもりうたlullaby
Also read バイ, うたう, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Open your mouth wide and what do you see? A simple, sturdy square!”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read バイ
12 kanji share this on'yomiIn ChineseSimplified 呗 · traditional, as in Japanese · bei
Japan keeps the traditional form 唄; mainland China simplifies it to 呗.
- Simplified
- 呗 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 唄 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin bei 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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