Kanji1 / 10
倭 kanji
Yamato, ancient Japan
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- Jinmeiyō (names)
On readings
ワイ
Kun readings
やまとしたがう
Words with 倭
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —倭人Japanese person
- —倭寇wokou; wakō; Japanese pirates who raided the Chinese and Korean coastlines between the 13th and 16th centuries
- —倭国Japan
- —倭王king of Yamato
- —倭人伝Wajinden (passages in Records of the Three Kingdoms describing the Wa people)
- —壬辰倭乱Japanese invasions of Korea (1592-1598); Imjin war
- —大陸倭語Peninsular Japonic (postulated extinct language)
- —倭名類聚鈔Wamyōruijushō (famous Heian-period Japanese dictionary)
- —魏志倭人伝Wajinden (passages in Records of the Three Kingdoms describing the Wa people)
- —倭Japan; Japanese-style
- —倭冦wokou; wakō; Japanese pirates who raided the Chinese and Korean coastlines between the 13th and 16th centuries
- —倭歌waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
- —倭語Japanese language; wago; native Japanese words (as opposed to Chinese-derived words and other loanwords)
- —倭名Japanese name (esp. for a plant or animal)
- —倭字native Japanese characters (i.e. hiragana and katakana); kana; kanji created in Japan (as opposed to China); Japanese-made kanji
- —倭訓Japanese reading of a Chinese character
- —倭鏡Japanese-style mirror
- —倭産Japanese production; Japanese product
- —倭習touch of Japanese; tinge of Japanese; Japanese flavour (flavor); Japanese style (e.g. of kanbun writing, in contrast to actual Chinese)
- —倭物Japanese-made thing; Japanese goods; Japanese style thing