Entry
  1. Noun

    good person; good guy

    see 悪玉

  2. character with a round white head on which the character "good" is written (common in Edo-period prints)

    Historical termorig. meaning

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

virtuous, good, goodness

Kun
よ.いい.いよ.くよし.とする
On
ゼン
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N1
Frequency
765 of 2500
Radical
mouth
WaniKani
Level 19

Built from

Used in names as

たるよし

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-3-9, 2-2-10, 2-9-3SKIP code
2o10.2The Kanji Dictionary
8060.5, 8060.1Four corner code
977deroo
5584Unicode hex code
1-33-17JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
606Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
859New Nelson (John Haig)
2325New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2921Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1501Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2030Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1035Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1112Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
643A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1799Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
717Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
3904Morohashi
735A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1139Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1191Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
831sakade
415Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
929henshall3
949Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
676Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
295Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1044Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shan4Pinyin reading
seonKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
19WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

jewel, ball

Kun
たまたま--だま
On
ギョク
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N2
Frequency
737 of 2500
Radical
jade
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Used in names as

おうだん

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
4-5-1SKIP code
4f0.2The Kanji Dictionary
1010.3Four corner code
3172deroo
7389Unicode hex code
1-22-44JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2923Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3620New Nelson (John Haig)
3477New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4289Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2166Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2919Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
256Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
272Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
610A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
204Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
103Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
20821Morohashi
102A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
295Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
295Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
64sakade
732Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
48henshall3
40Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
575Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1313Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
262Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yu4Pinyin reading
ogKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level