8 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 6th grade
JLPT exam level N3

young, if, perhaps, possibly, low number, immature

Kun'yomi
  • young ②immature ③low (number)
  • わか-
  • しくわ
  • if
  • or
  • ごと
    like
On'yomi
  • ジャク
  • ニャク
  • ニャ
Nanori
  • わく
  • わこ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Character Breakdown

young, if, perhaps
わか.い ジャク ニャ (6th, N3)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
right
みぎ ウ ユウ (1st, N5)
left hand, cliff(厂) variant
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)

Contained In

Common Words

young ②immature ③low (number)
youth ②child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing) ③young
young greens
some ②somewhat ③many
young person
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References

Unicode hex code 82E5
JIS X 0208 1-28-67
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3926
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5007
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Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3k5.12
Four corner code 4460.4
De Roo Code 1977