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奴

Guy, Fellow
Stroke count: 5

Readings

On readingド、ヌ
Kun readingやつ、やっこ
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8Level 34

Meanings

  1. guy, Fellow
  2. fellow
  3. guyRtK
    彼は憎めない奴だ。You can't hate the guy.tatoeba
  4. slave
    彼は奴隷を自由にしてやると約束した。He guaranteed his slaves' freedom.tatoeba
  5. vassal
  1. chap
  2. thing
  3. object

Radicals and components

Radical女woman
Components
How it's built
奴
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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woman (女) · crotch

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 758

Compound words

奴隷どれい
slave; servant; slavery
奴らやつら
they; those guys
売国奴ばいこくど
traitor (to one's country); quisling
何奴どいつ
who
黒奴こくど
black slave
此奴こいつ
he
其奴そいつ
he
奴凧やっこだこ
kite shaped like an Edo-period footman
奴頭やっこあたま
Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants
奴儕やつばら
they
農奴のうど
serf
彼奴あいつ
he
匈奴きょうど
Xiongnu (ancient Central Asian nomadic people associated with the Huns)
黠奴かつど
cunning person
あの奴あのやつ
that guy, that fellow
官奴婢かんぬひ
government-owned slave
公奴婢くぬひ
government-owned slave
私奴婢しぬひ
privately owned slave
守銭奴しゅせんど
miser
奴隷制どれいせい
slavery, slave system
奴らしいやつらしい
typical of that person
奴隷解放どれいかいほう
emancipation of slaves
奴隷制度どれいせいど
(system of) slavery
欲の奴隷よくのどれい
slave to avarice

Kun Reading Examples

彼は風変わりな奴だ。やつ
He seems like he's got a few screws loose.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は風変わりな奴だ。
He seems like he's got a few screws loose.tatoeba
彼は根はいい奴だ。
He is a good fellow at heart.tatoeba

Stroke Order

5 strokes

Guy; slave. 女 (woman) + 又 (hand) — a woman held by another's hand: a servant. 奴 — that guy.Also known as “Dude”

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 奴

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