ChiramiN4 kanji · 11 strokes
野 means field, wild
野
里 village · 予 beforehand
野Memory trick
Beyond the village (里), as far as you can foresee (予): fields, the wild.
Memory trick: a picture to help you remember the kanji, not its history.
Meaning and readings
- Meanings
- plains, field, rustic, civilian life
- JLPT level
- N4
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- Grade 2 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) の no
の (no) 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.
From Chinese (onyomi) ヤ ya
ヤ (ya) 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: ショ sho
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Common word
分野 ぶんや · bun'ya
field, sphere
Built from
- 里 village
- 亅 hook
- 矛 spear
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里 Used in 19 kanji
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What does 野 mean?
Right: 野 means field, wild.Not quite: 野 means field, wild.In 分野, which reading does 野 use?
Right. 分野 is read ぶんや (bun'ya): 野 takes ヤ, its reading from Chinese.Not quite. 分野 is read ぶんや (bun'ya): 野 takes ヤ, its reading from Chinese.