奴
奴 — Guy
guy, slave, manservant, fellow
On’yomiド (do)
Kun’yomiやつ (yatsu)
Kun’yomiやっこ (yakko)
Stroke order (5 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 奴
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 奴隷 | どれい dorei | slave; servant; slavery |
| 奴 | やつ yatsu | fellow; guy; chap |
| 奴ら | やつら yatsura | they; those guys |
| 売国奴 | ばいこくど baikokudo | traitor (to one's country); quisling |
Study notes
奴 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 5 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1932 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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