男 – male

7 strokesTaught in grade 1#240 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 男 means male. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ダン、ナン (dan, nan); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is おとこ、お (otoko, o). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 田 (no. 102).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ダン	dan
On’yomi	ナン	nan
Kun’yomi	おとこ	otoko
Kun’yomi	お	o

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: 田 (Kangxi radical 102). Components: 田・力.

Words using 男

男おとこman男の子おとこのこboy男性だんせいman男子だんしboy男の人おとこのひとman長男ちょうなんeldest son (may be the only son)

Example sentences

彼は多分よい男であるかも知れない。

He may be a good man for all I know.

Tatoeba #102560

あんな男見ても胸くそが悪い。

I can't bear the sight of him.

Tatoeba #229532

あのハンサムな男の子を見て。

Look at that good-looking boy.

Tatoeba #231277

Kanji with the same radical

田界画町由番申異留略甲畑畳畜

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.