Entry
  1. Noun

    young person; youngster

  2. Noun, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)

    greenhorn; novice; inexperienced person

Also written 弱輩【じゃくはい】

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Characters in this word

2
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

comrade, fellow, people, companions

Kun
-ばらやからやかいともがら
On
ハイ
Strokes
15
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1365 of 2500
Radical
cart
WaniKani
Level 25

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
2-8-7SKIP code
7c8.7The Kanji Dictionary
1150.6Four corner code
1255deroo
8f29Unicode hex code
1-39-58JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5086Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5971New Nelson (John Haig)
2807New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3482Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1795Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2444Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1637Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1765Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1544A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1451Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
38398Morohashi
1688A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1037Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1078Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1801Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1808Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1166Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1780Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1652Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
bei4Pinyin reading
baeKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
25WaniKani level