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Kanji Detail for 野 - "field, civilian"

野

  • Meaning

    野 means "field, civilian." Also associated with outskirts.

    1. Field - An open plain; expansive flat land.

    2. Outskirts - Suburbs; countryside.

    3. Civilian - Private sector as opposed to government.

    4. Crude - Plain; unpolished; rustic; vulgar.

    5. Area - Domain; realm; range.

    6. Rough - Unrestrained; wild.

    7. Wild - Natural; not cultivated.

    8. Uncivilized - Barbarous; undeveloped.

    9. Country house - A cottage; a villa.

  • Words using 野

    • 分野 ぶんや Listen field; sphere; realm
    • 野党 やとう Listen opposition party; the opposition
    • 野球 やきゅう Listen baseball
    • 与野党 よやとう Listen ruling and opposition parties; parties in and out of power
    • 野菜 やさい Listen vegetable
    • 視野 しや Listen field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life)
    • 野生 やせい Listen wild; growing wild; living in the wild
    • 大野 おおの Listen large field

  • Four-character idioms with 野

    • 家鶏野鶩 かけいやぼく Listen bored by the familiar, intrigued by novelty; one's wife and one's mistress
    • 沃野千里 よくやせんり Listen vast expanse of fertile land
    • 田夫野人 でんぷやじん Listen rustic; boor; hick
    • 視野狭窄 しやきょうさく Listen narrowing of visual field; narrow-mindedness; lack of vision
    • 閑雲野鶴 かんうんやかく Listen life in natural setting, free from worldly cares

  • Tattoo check: 野

    • Verified meaning: field, civilian
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read の, のさき, のざき, のずえ)
    • Also carries these associations: outskirts

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 野

    Given names 野(の)Listen

    Surnames 野(のさき)Listen 野(のざき)Listen 野(のずえ)Listen 野(のたか)Listen 野(のはま)Listen 野(のむら)Listen 野(ひんの)Listen 野(やざき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    plains; field; rustic; civilian life

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    open country, field; wilderness

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    old variant of 野[ye3]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    field, open country; wilderness

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Outside the suburbs. As in 曠野 (wilderness), 原野 (plain). Also a general term for a region. As in ancient people divided territories and boundaries corresponding to celestial constellations, called 分野 (allocated territories). | In contrast to the official sphere. As in 朝野 (court and people), 野人 (commoner). All referring to the common people. | Uncouth. The Analects says: "When substance exceeds refinement, one becomes uncouth." | Untamed is called 野. As in 野心勃勃 (full of wild ambition). Writing that does not follow rules is also called 野.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    sho(ショ) ショ

    ya(ヤ) ヤ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    no(の) の

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    里 (sato・satohen)

  • Related Keywords

    field outskirts civilian area countryside crude wild open rough uncivilized uninhabited plain meadow rural country house

Sentences including 野

  • He is crazy about baseball.

  • Let's play baseball after school.

  • What do you play baseball for?

  • His baseball life ended then.

  • I belong to the baseball team.

  • Are you fond of baseball?

  • He proposed that we should play baseball.

  • We are liable to go to the ball game tomorrow.

  • Ueno is the station after next.

  • It was a really exciting baseball game.

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