Entry
  1. Noun

    mountain where old people were abandoned (according to legend)

  2. position or division in a company to which an old and ineffective person is transferred

  3. women's college

    Obsolete termSlangDerogatoryused in the Meiji and Taisho periodssee 女子大学

Also written 姨捨山【うばすてやま】姥捨山【うばすてやま】

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Characters in this word

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old woman

Kun
うば
On
Strokes
9
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Radical
woman

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (15)
CodeReference
1-3-6SKIP code
3e6.2The Kanji Dictionary
4441.1Four corner code
59e5Unicode hex code
1-17-24JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1213Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1212New Nelson (John Haig)
420Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
314Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2204Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2316Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1090Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
6216Morohashi
mu3, lao3Pinyin reading
moKorean reading
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discard, throw away, abandon, resign, reject, sacrifice

Kun
す.てる
On
シャ
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1266 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 32

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
1-3-8SKIP code
3c8.26The Kanji Dictionary
5806.1Four corner code
1377deroo
6368Unicode hex code
1-28-46JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1944Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2205New Nelson (John Haig)
501New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
608Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
369Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
461Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
655Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
707Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1223A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1324Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1424Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
12191PMorohashi
883A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1444Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1537Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
573Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
894henshall3
923Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
285Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
901Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
662Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
she3, she4Pinyin reading
saKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
32WaniKani level
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mountain

Kun
やま
On
サンセン
Strokes
3
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
131 of 2500
Radical
mountain
WaniKani
Level 1

Built from

Used in names as

やのやん

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-2-1, 4-3-2SKIP code
3o0.1The Kanji Dictionary
2277.0Four corner code
1276deroo
5c71Unicode hex code
1-27-19JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1407Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1439New Nelson (John Haig)
2940New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3658Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1867Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2544Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
768Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
830Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
60A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
89Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
21Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
7869Morohashi
24A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
34Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
34Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
38sakade
48Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
58henshall3
17Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
148crowley
100Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.11busy_people
535Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
775Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shan1Pinyin reading
sanKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
1WaniKani level