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豆

Beans
Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingトウ、ズ
Kun readingまめ

Meanings

  1. beansRtK
  2. pea
  3. midget
  1. legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses)
  2. bean
  3. soya bean (Glycine max)
  4. soybean

Synonyms

大豆

Homonyms

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Same reading (まめ)
忠実 · diligent

Radicals and components

Radical豆bean
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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table · one (一) · mouth (口)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1548

Compound words

彼はコーヒー豆をいっている。
He is roasting coffee beans.tatoeba
納豆はねばねばしている。
Natto is sticky.tatoeba
納豆はくさいが、美味い。
Although natto smells awful, it is delicious.tatoeba
納豆は、臭いはひどいが、食べるととてもおいしい。
Natto smells awful but tastes delicious.tatoeba

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

免疫を高めるためとか関係なく納豆を毎日食べてる
めんえきをたかめるためとかかんけいなくなっとうをまいにちたべてるI eat natto every day regardless of whether it boosts immunity or not.
やっぱり納豆はおいしいですね
やっぱりなっとうはおいしいですねNatto is really delicious, isn't it.
豆乳と缶チューハイ、好きでしょ。
とうにゅうとかんちゅーはい、すきでしょ。You like soy milk and canned chu-hi.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

Stroke Order

7 strokes

Bean. A tall footed bowl; later, beans. 豆腐 — tofu.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 豆

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