8 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade
JLPT exam level N1

Nara, what?

Kun'yomi
  • いかん
  • からなし
    Chinese quince (Pseudocydonia sinensis)
On'yomi
  • ナイ
  • ダイ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Variants

Reading Commonality

100.0%

Character Breakdown

Nara, what?
ナ ナイ ダイ (11th, N1)
large, big
ダイ おお- た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
show, indicate, point out
ジ しめ.す (5th, N3)
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ ふた ふだ (1st, N5)
little, small
ショウ こ- ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)

Contained In

Common Words

Kanagawa (prefecture)
Nara (city, prefecture)
Naraka ②very bottom ③trap room (of a theater)
depths of Hell ②abyss
Kanagawa Prefecture (Kanto area)
Nara Prefecture (Kinki area)
vegetables pickled in sake lees
Nara period (710-794 CE)
loop (of thread, string, etc.)
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References

Unicode hex code 5948
JIS X 0208 1-38-64
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1174
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1147
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2219
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2759
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1411
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1905
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 1094
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1175
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 822
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 696
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1977
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 5893
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2044
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 947
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 1103
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4e3.3
Four corner code 4090.1
De Roo Code 1441