I Love Kanji玩
玩 – play, take pleasure in, trifle with
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The kanji 玩 means play, take pleasure in, trifle with, make sport of. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ガン (gan); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is もちあそ.ぶ、もてあそ.ぶ (mochiasobu, moteasobu). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 玉 (no. 96).
Stroke order
Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.
Readings
| Type | Reading | Romaji |
|---|---|---|
| On’yomi | ガン | gan |
| Kun’yomi | もちあそ.ぶ | mochiasobu |
| Kun’yomi | もてあそ.ぶ | moteasobu |
A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.
Radical and components
Radical: 玉 (Kangxi radical 96). Components: 王・儿・二・元.
Words using 玩
玩具がんぐtoy
Kanji with the same radical
Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.