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也 Kanji meaning "to be (classical)"

Jiten frequency #1511JLPT N1JinmeiyouKanken Level 準1WaniKani Level 45RTKTMW TMW Owner3 strokes

Meanings

to be (classical)

On'yomi

ヤエ

Kun'yomi

なりかまた

Composed of

丨number one
乙the latterradical

Components and stroke order from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Kanji containing 也(9)

地
他
施
池
馳
弛
髢
釶
葹

Reading usage

拓也(たくや)Takuya#56361直也(なおや)Naoya#58969竜也(たつや)Tatsuya#88960俊也(しゅんや)Shun'ya#95179慎也(しんや)Shin'ya#101723友也(ともや)Tomonari#101807鉄也(てつや)Tetsuya#102660中原中也(なかはらちゅうや)Nakahara Chuuya (1907-1937)#104284中也(ちゅうや)Chuuya#106790美也子(みやこ)Miyako#106959

Most common words using this kanji

也(なり)to be#21432達也(たつなり)Tatsunari#41045哲也(せつや)Setsuya#50433和也(かずなり)Kazunari#50652拓也(たくや)Takuya#56361直也(なおや)Naoya#58969雅也(まさなり)Masanari#65198卓也(たかや)Takaya#69848智也(としや)Satoshi#72866真也(まさなり)Shin'ya#79932裕也(ひろなり)Hironari#83024一也(かずなり)Ichiya#83496信也(のぶなり)Shin'ya#86343竜也(たつや)Tatsuya#88960俊也(しゅんや)Shun'ya#95179勝也(かつなり)Katsunari#95257克也(かつなり)Katsunari#95465慎也(しんや)Shin'ya#101723友也(ともや)Tomonari#101807鉄也(てつや)Tetsuya#102660
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