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也 — To be (classical)

JLPT N13 strokesSecondary school#1404 most used
to be (classical)
On’yomi (ya)
On’yomi (e)
Kun’yomiなり (nari)
Kun’yomi (ka)
Kun’yomiまた (mata)

Stroke order (3 strokes)

1 2 3

Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).

Study notes

也 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 3 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1404 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).

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