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也

to be (classical)
Stroke count: 3

Readings

On readingヤ、エ
Kun readingなり、か、また
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. to be (classical)
    拓也は素っ裸で水泳しました。Takuya swam naked as a jaybird.tatoeba
    慎也はかわいい女の子と結婚した。Shinya married a pretty girl.tatoeba
  2. estRtK

Radicals and components

Radical乙second
Components
How it's built
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Compound words

可也かなり
considerably
也行やぎょう
the "ya" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ya, yu, yo)
空也餅くうやもち
chunky mochi made with half-polished rice, stuffed with red bean paste
時は金也ときはかねなり
time is money
事実は小説より奇也じじつはしょうせつよりきなり
truth is stranger than fiction
知らぬは亭主許り也しらぬはていしゅばかりなり
the husband is always the last to know
弱き者よ汝の名は女也よわきものよなんじのなはおんななり
frailty, thy name is woman

Additional Examples

竜也氏は穀類を商っている。
Mr Tatuya deals in grain.tatoeba

Stroke Order

3 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 也

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step