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漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement

謡: song, sing

Also: ballad, noh chanting

JLPT N116 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

言 carries the meaning · 䍃 gives the sound

16 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

ヨウyou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 童謡どうよう
  • 民謡みんよう
  • 歌謡かようsong; ballad
  • 歌謡曲かようきょくkayōkyoku
  • 謡曲ようきょくnoh song

うたうutau · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 謡うたいnoh chanting; noh chant

Also read うたい, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“Words flowing from the heart and into the world! The lines radiating upward show the power of the voice as it leaves the mouth.”
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Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
言

Also built on speech (言)

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䍃

Also built on 䍃

謡 takes the 䍃 family's reading, ヨウ (you).

Also read ヨウ

34 kanji share this on'yomiAll 34
In ChineseSimplified 谣 · traditional 謠 · yáo

Three different forms: Japanese 謡, simplified 谣, traditional 謠.

Simplified
谣 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
謠 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin yáo 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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