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男

male
Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingダン、ナン
Kun readingおとこ、お
JōyōGrade 1

Popular Usage

男の子男性男の人

Radicals and components

Radical田fieldComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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rice field (田) · brains · power (力) · muscle (力) · arnold

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 923

Compound words

男の子おとこのこ
boy; son; baby boy; young man
男性だんせい
man; male; masculine gender
男の人おとこのひと
man
一男いちなん
boy; eldest son
三男さんなん
three sons; third son
次男じなん
second son
大男おおおとこ
big man; large man; tall man; giant
男子だんし
boy; man; male
男爵だんしゃく
baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
男女だんじょ
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
男前おとこまえ
handsome man; man's looks; good looks; manliness
男優だんゆう
(male) actor
長男ちょうなん
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
年男としおとこ
man born in a year with the same Chinese zodiac sign as the current year
男児だんじ
boy; son; man
男性的だんせいてき
manly
男たちおとこたち
men; males
男らしいおとこらしい
manly; masculine; like a man
男尊女卑だんそんじょひ
male domination of women; male chauvinism; subjection of women
老若男女ろうにゃくなんにょ
men and women of all ages

Stroke Order

7 strokes

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