謡 – song, sing, ballad

16 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1580 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 謡 means song, sing, ballad, noh chanting. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ヨウ (you); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is うた.い、うた.う (utai, utau). It is written with 16 strokes, under radical 言 (no. 149).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ヨウ	you
Kun’yomi	うた.い	utai
Kun’yomi	うた.う	utau

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: 言 (Kangxi radical 149). Components: 干・言・爪・凵.

Words using 謡

歌謡かようsong童謡どうようchildren's song民謡みんようfolk song

Example sentences

あなたは童謡のレコードのセットをさがしているそうですね。

I understand you're looking for a record album of nursery rhymes.

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Kanji with the same radical

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