Entry
  1. Noun

    young person; young man; young woman

    Dated term

  2. boy who has not yet had his coming-of-age ceremony (Edo period)

    Archaic

  3. young (homosexual) male prostitute; young kabuki actor also working as a male prostitute

    Archaic

  4. boy in a homosexual relationship (with a man)

    Archaicsee 念者see ねんじゃ・2

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

young, if, perhaps, possibly, low number, immature

Kun
わか.いわか-も.しくわも.しも.しくはごと.し
On
ジャクニャクニャ
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N3
Frequency
458 of 2500
Radical
grass
WaniKani
Level 19

Built from

Used in names as

わくわこ

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-3-5SKIP code
3k5.12The Kanji Dictionary
4460.4Four corner code
1977deroo
82e5Unicode hex code
1-28-67JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3926Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5007New Nelson (John Haig)
2241New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2785Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1430Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1928Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
223Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
237Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
372A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
692Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
982Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
30796PMorohashi
886A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
544Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
553Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
863Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
896henshall3
864Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
391crowley
125Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.15busy_people
648Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
228Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ruo4, re3Pinyin reading
yag, yaKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
19WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

masses, great numbers, multitude, populace

Kun
おお.い
On
シュウシュ
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N1
Frequency
450 of 2500
Radical
blood
WaniKani
Level 28

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-6-6SKIP code
5h7.1The Kanji Dictionary
2723.2Four corner code
865deroo
8846Unicode hex code
1-29-16JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4210Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5417New Nelson (John Haig)
2683New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3325Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1724Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2342Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1857Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2001Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
570A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1762Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
651Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
33981Morohashi
705A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
792Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
806Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
806sakade
1720Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
901henshall3
948Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
232crowley
1194Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1612Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1874Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zhong4Pinyin reading
jungKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
28WaniKani level