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也 — 3 strokes ／ Radical「乙」

道
準1University / general ／ 3 strokes ／ Radical「乙」
On
ヤ・エや・え · ya · e
Kun
なり・か・またnari · ka · mata
Meaning
is; to be (classical)

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A pictograph of a vessel for pouring; later borrowed as the particle that ends a classical statement.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 也なり

    is; to be (classical copula)

  • 達也たつや

    Tatsuya (given name)

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

昔(むかし)の文(ぶん)では文末(ぶんまつ)に也(な)を置(お)いた。

In classical writing, this character was placed at the end of a sentence.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 乙Map of reading ヤAll maps

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