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漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife

駄: burdensome, pack horse

Also: horse load, send by horse, trivial, worthless

JLPT N114 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

馬 carries the meaning · 太 gives the sound

14 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

ダda · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 無駄むだfutility; waste; uselessness
  • 駄目だめ
  • 無駄遣いむだづかいwaste (of money, time, etc.); squandering
  • 駄菓子屋だがしやsmall-time candy store; penny candy store
  • 駄菓子だがしpenny candy

タta · on'yomi

  • 下駄げたgeta; traditional Japanese wooden sandal

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Gallop ahead! Imagine a spirited stallion charging across a field, its mane flying in the wind.”
More in the 馬 horse story
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Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
馬

Also built on horse (馬)

All 11
太

Also built on plump (太)

駄 takes the 太 family's reading, タ (ta).

Also read ダ

8 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read タ

5 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
駄 burdensome · 太
vs駐 stop-over · 主
駄 has 太 where 駐 has 主.
In ChineseNo clear Chinese counterpart · tuó

Unihan gives no clear Chinese counterpart for this character.

Pinyin tuó 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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