Kanji
倭
kanji character
Yamato
ancient Japan
倭 kanji-倭 Yamato, ancient Japan
倭
Meaning
Yamato and ancient Japan
Readings
Kun'yomi
- やまと え Yamato-e (classical Japan decorative paintings)
- やまと ぐら Japanese-style ritual saddle
- やまと ごと yamatogoto
- したがう
On'yomi
- わ ご Japanese language
- わ じん Japanese person
- わ みょう Japanese name (esp. for a plant or animal)
- い
Practice Writing
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Common Words
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倭 (ancient) Japan, Yamato kingdom, state of Yamato... -
倭 語 Japanese language, wago, native Japanese words (as opposed to Chinese-derived words and other loanwords) -
倭 歌 Japanese poem, waka, tanka -
倭 人 Japanese person -
倭 名 Japanese name (esp. for a plant or animal) -
倭 絵 Yamato-e (classical Japan decorative paintings) -
倭 寇 wokou, wakō, Japanese pirates who raided the Chinese and Korean coastlines between the 13th and 16th centuries -
倭 冦 wokou, wakō, Japanese pirates who raided the Chinese and Korean coastlines between the 13th and 16th centuries -
倭 字 native Japanese characters (i.e. hiragana and katakana), kana, kanji created in Japan (as opposed to China)... -
倭 訓 Japanese reading of a Chinese character -
倭 鞍 Japanese-style ritual saddle -
倭 国 Japan -
倭 琴 yamatogoto, wagon, six or seven-stringed native Japanese zither -
倭 鏡 Japanese-style mirror -
倭 産 Japanese production, Japanese product -
倭 王 king of Yamato -
倭 習 touch of Japanese, tinge of Japanese, Japanese flavour (flavor)... -
倭 物 Japanese-made thing, Japanese goods, Japanese style thing -
倭 建 Yamato Takeru, 12th Emperor of Japan, who dressed as a maidservant in a successful plot to kill the leaders of the Kumaso tribe in Kumamoto -
倭 色 Japanese style -
倭 学 study of classical Japanese literature and culture, Japanology, Japanese studies -
大 倭 Japan, Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture) -
倭 名 鈔 Wamyōruijushō (famous Heian-period Japanese dictionary) -
倭 漢 氏 Yamato no Aya clan -
倭 玉 篇 Wagokuhen (c. 1489 Japanese kanji dictionary) -
倭 名 類 聚 鈔 Wamyōruijushō (famous Heian-period Japanese dictionary) -
壬 辰 倭 乱 Japanese invasions of Korea (1592-1598), Imjin war -
魏 志 倭 人 伝 Wajinden (passages in Records of the Three Kingdoms describing the Wa people) -
漢 倭 奴 国 王 印 King of Na gold seal (National Treasure of Japan)