媒

mediator

Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingバイ

Kun readingなこうど

Jōyō Grade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

mediatorRtK
最初に、この実験で使用された触媒について吟味したい。As a beginning I would like to examine the catalyzer used in this experiment.tatoeba
特に言語は最も流動的な媒体である。Language in particular is the most fluid of mediums.tatoeba
go-between

matchmaker
intermediary
middleman

Radicals and components

Radical女woman

Components

How it's built

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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woman (女) · so-and-so · sweet · wicker basket · picnic basket · tree (木) · wood (木)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1898

Compound words

触媒しょくばい

媒介ばいかい

mediation; agency; serving as a medium; acting as an intermediary; acting as a go-between

媒酌ばいしゃく

matchmaking; acting as a go-between

媒体ばいたい

媒質ばいしつ

medium (for carrying energy waves)

媒人なこうど

媒妁ばいしゃく

助触媒じょしょくばい

(catalytic) promoter

超媒体ちょうばいたい

媒介物ばいかいぶつ

媒妁人ばいしゃくにん

印刷媒体いんさつばいたい

記憶媒体きおくばいたい

触媒作用しょくばいさよう

catalytic action

複合媒体ふくごうばいたい

有機塩溶媒ゆうきえんようばい

organochloride solvent

ニュース媒体ニュースばいたい

Additional Examples

空気は音の媒体だ。

The air is a medium for sound.tatoeba

マラリアは蚊が媒介する。

Malaria is carried by mosquitoes.tatoeba

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 媒

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