駄
駄 — Burdensome
burdensome, pack horse, horse load, send by horse, trivial, worthless
On’yomiダ (da)
On’yomiタ (ta)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (14 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 駄
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 無駄 | むだ muda | futility; waste; uselessness |
| 下駄 | げた geta | geta; traditional Japanese wooden sandal; turn (in set-type proofing) |
| 駄目 | だめ dame | no good; not serving its purpose; useless |
| 無駄遣い | むだづかい mudazukai | waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away |
| 駄菓子屋 | だがしや dagashiya | small-time candy store; penny candy store |
| 駄菓子 | だがし dagashi | penny candy; cheap individually wrapped sweets |
Study notes
駄 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 14 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1500 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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