漢字道KANJIDO

11 strokesRadical

5Elementary year 611 strokesRadical
On
ヤク
Kun
わけ
Meaning
translation; reason

Origin

ORIGIN

言 "speech" plus 睪 "to sort out"; picking words and putting others in their place — "translation, reason."

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Readings and examples

OFFICIAL READINGS

ヤク訳文・翻訳・通訳
わけ訳・内訳・申し訳

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 翻訳ほんやく

    translation

  • 言い訳いいわけ

    excuse

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

英語の文を日本語に訳した。

I translated the English sentence into Japanese.

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