ChiramiN5 kanji · 7 strokes
男 means man
男
田 rice field · 力 strength
男Real origin
Strength (力) in the rice field (田): man.
Real origin: where the kanji comes from, as far as scholars agree.
Meaning and readings
- Meaning
- male
- JLPT level
- N5
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- Grade 1 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) おとこ otoko
おとこ (otoko) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
Other Japanese readings: お o
From Chinese (onyomi) ダン dan
ダン (dan) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
Other readings from Chinese: ナン nan
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Common word
男子 だんし · danshi
boy
Built from
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力 Used in 35 kanji
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What does 男 mean?
Right: 男 means man.Not quite: 男 means man.In 男子, which reading does 男 use?
Right. 男子 is read だんし (danshi): 男 takes ダン, its reading from Chinese.Not quite. 男子 is read だんし (danshi): 男 takes ダン, its reading from Chinese.