倭

Yamato

JLPT N1Top 2,000-2,500 · #209810 strokes

Meanings

Yamato, Ancient Japan

On'yomi

わ、 い

Chinese-derived readings, typically used in compounds.

Kun'yomi

やãūãĻ、 したが.う

Native Japanese readings, typically used as standalone words.

Stroke order

Stroke order diagram for 倭

倭 is written in 10 strokes. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

About this kanji

倭 (Yamato) is not taught on WaniKani and appears in the JLPT N1 kanji set. It ranks #2098 in modern newspaper-frequency lists. It is written with 10 strokes.

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