媒 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「女」
道準2High school level ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「女」
- On
- バイばい · bai
- Kun
- なこうどnakōdo
- Meaning
- mediate; medium
Stroke order
Origin
Woman plus a phonetic element: a matchmaker; by extension, whatever links two things.
Readings and examples
| Onバイばいbai | 媒介ばいかい媒体ばいたい触媒しょくばい |
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Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 媒介ばいかい
mediation; transmission
- 媒体ばいたい
medium
Example
蚊が病気を媒介することがある。
Mosquitoes sometimes transmit disease.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)