媒
媒 — Mediator
mediator, go-between
On’yomiバイ (bai)
Kun’yomiなこうど (nakoudo)
Stroke order (12 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 媒
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 媒体 | ばいたい baitai | medium; media |
| 触媒 | しょくばい shokubai | catalyst |
| 冷媒 | れいばい reibai | refrigerant; coolant |
| 媒介 | ばいかい baikai | mediation; agency; serving as a medium |
| 媒酌 | ばいしゃく baishaku | matchmaking; acting as a go-between |
| 溶媒 | ようばい youbai | solvent |
Study notes
媒 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1900 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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