漢字道KANJIDO

8 strokesRadical

5Elementary year 68 strokesRadical
On
ジャク
Kun
わか(い)
Meaning
young; if

Origin

ORIGIN

艹 "grass" with a hand; picking fresh young grass — hence "young."

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Readings and examples

OFFICIAL READINGS

ジャク若年・若干・自若
ニャク老若

「老若」は,「ロウジャク」とも。

わかい若い・若者・若々しい
もしくは若しくは

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 若者わかもの

    young person

  • 若干じゃっかん

    some; a few

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

町に若者が増えた。

The number of young people in town has increased.

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)