駄

burdensome

Stroke count: 14

Readings

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Jōyō Grade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

burdensomeRtK
下駄を突っかけて表に飛び出した。I slipped on my geta and dashed outside.tatoeba
彼は勉学に使わぬ時間は無駄にしたように考えた。He looked upon any time not spent in study as so much lost time.tatoeba
pack horse
horse load
send by horse
trivial
worthless

no good
not serving its purpose
useless
broken
hopeless

Popular Usage

Radicals and components

Radical馬horse

Components

How it's built

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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team of horses · plump · large (大) · St. Bernard (犬) · drop (丶)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2140

Compound words

geta; traditional Japanese wooden sandal; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character; net

no good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken; hopeless

futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

駄菓子だがし

penny candy; cheap individually wrapped sweets

無駄遣いむだづかい

waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away

駄菓子屋だがしや

small-time candy store; penny candy store

一駄いちだ

駄辯だべん

下駄屋げたや

下駄箱げたばこ

shoe rack (at an entrance)

駒下駄こまげた

low wooden clogs

駄法螺だぼら

駄洒落だじゃれ

韋駄天いだてん

Skanda (swift-footed guardian deity)

下駄掛けげたがけ

wearing wooden clogs

下駄直しげたなおし

repairing clogs

下駄履きげたばき

wearing wooden clogs

駄目押しだめおし

making doubly sure

韋駄天走いだてんばしり

running extremely fast

駄目になるだめになる

無駄にするむだにする

to render futile

韋駄天走りいだてんばしり

running extremely fast

下駄を預けるげたをあずける

to leave everything to (someone)

駄々を捏ねるだだをこねる

to be unreasonable

Additional Examples

彼は勉学に使わぬ時間は無駄にしたように考えた。

He looked upon any time not spent in study as so much lost time.tatoeba

彼は彼女を説得しようとしたが無駄だった。

He tried to persuade her in vain.tatoeba

彼は彼らの激論を終わらせようとしたが無駄だった。

He tried in vain to put an end to their heated discussion.tatoeba

彼は彼らに自分の無実を信じさせようとしたが無駄だった。

He tried in vain to convince them of his innocence.tatoeba

Stroke Order

14 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 駄

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