若
commonyoung; if; perhaps; possibly; low number; immature
Radical: 艹 (grass). Strokes: 8画. Elements: ノ一口⺾. . Hangul: 약 [yag] 야 [ya]. Nanori: わく / わこwaku / wako.
Jōyō Kanji 6th Grade. JLPT N3.
Example compounds:
| ジャクJAKU | 傍若無人【ぼうじゃくぶじんbōjakubujin】arrogance; audacity; (behaving) outrageously as though there were no one around; insolence; defiance; overbearing 若年【じゃくねんjakunen】youth 若年型【じゃくねんがたjakunengata】juvenile |
| ニャクNYAKU | 老若【ろうにゃくrōnyaku】young and old; all ages 老若男女【ろうにゃくなんにょrōnyakunannyo】men and women of all ages 若僧【にゃくそうnyakusō】young monk; boy monk |
| ニャNYA | 般若【はんにゃhannya】prajna; noh mask of a grinning, horned demoness (represents a woman's rage and jealousy); family crest designed after the Hannya noh mask; dreadful face (esp. of a woman driven mad by jealousy) 老若男女【ろうにゃくなんにょrōnyakunannyo】men and women of all ages 般若波羅蜜多【はんにゃはらみったhannyaharamitta】prajna-paramita (perfection of wisdom) |
| わかいwakai | 若い者【わかいものwakaimono】young person 若い【わかいwakai】young 若い頃【わかいころwakaikoro】one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years |
| もしmoshi | 若し【もしmoshi】if; in case; supposing 若しかしたら【もしかしたらmoshikashitara】perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance 若しかすると【もしかするとmoshikasuruto】perhaps; maybe; by some chance |
| もしくはmoshikuha | 若しくは【もしくはmoshikuha】or; otherwise |
| ごとしgotoshi | 若し【ごとしgotoshi】like; as if; the same as |
Codepoints and classification codes:
Dictionary indices:
| 82e5 | – | Unicode |
| 28-67 | – | JIS X 0208 |
| 2-3-5 | – | SKIP |
| 3k5.12 | – | TKD |
| 4460.4 | – | Four Corner |
| 1977 | – | De Roo |
| 3926 | – | Classic Nelson |
| 5007 | – | The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson |
| 2241 | – | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 1430 | – | Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 223 | – | Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig |
| 372 | – | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken) |
| 692 | – | Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill |
| 982 | – | Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill |
| 30796P | – | Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 9 p. 574 |
| 886 | – | A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall |
| 544 | – | Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky |
| 863 | – | Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki |
| 896 | – | Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese: Third Edition 3rd edition by Henshall |
| 864 | – | Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask |
| 391 | – | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power by D. Crowley |
| 125 | – | Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono |
| 3.15 | – | Japanese for Busy People by the AJLT |
| 648 | – | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 228 | – | Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig |