爺

13 strokes
Kentei exam level Pre-1

old man, grampa

Kun'yomi
  • じい
    		old man ②old geezer
  • じじい
    		old man ②old geezer
  • おやじ
  • じじ
    		old man ②old geezer
  • ちち
On'yomi
  • ヤ

Main Radical

父(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

じい 95.3%
ヤ 4.2%
じじい 0.4%
じじ 0.1%

Character Breakdown

old man, grampa
じい　ヤ　じじい (Kentei Pre-1)
father
ちち　フ (2nd, N5)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ　や　はっ (1st, N5)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ　ゲ　おさ.める (Kentei 1)
question mark
ヤ　ジャ　か (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
ear
みみ　ジ　がみ (1st, N3)

Common Words

じい
爺
　
や
elderly handyman
ろう
老
や
爺
old man
　
エ
　
ロ
じじい
爺
dirty old man
こう
好
こう
々
や
爺
good-natured old man
たぬき
狸
じじい
爺
cunning old man
とう
洞
や
爺
こ
湖
　
サ
　
ミ
　
ッ
　
ト
G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit
こ
子
な
泣
　
き
じじい
爺
Konaki Jijii (a ghost in Japanese folklore with the shape of a small old man and having a baby's cry)
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References

Unicode hex code 723A
JIS X 0208 1-44-76
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2835
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3517
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2656
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2334
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2423
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 19734
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2o10.6
Four corner code 8012.7