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Kanji Detail for 雅 - "elegant"

雅

  • Meaning

    雅 means "elegant." Also associated with correct, originally.

    1. Elegant - Refined; tasteful.

    2. Correct - Good; proper.

    3. Originally - By nature; from the beginning.

    4. Crow - A bird of the crow family.

  • Words using 雅

    • 優雅 ゆうが Listen elegant; graceful; refined
    • 雅致 がち Listen artistry; good taste; elegance

  • Four-character idioms with 雅

    • 雅俗折衷 がぞくせっちゅう Listen blending of the classical and colloquial styles
    • 雅俗混交 がぞくこんこう Listen mixture of both culture and vulgarism; mixture of both literary and colloquial (language)

  • Origin of 雅

    牙, lending the reading ga, beside 隹, the bird: originally the name of a crow-like bird, borrowed for courtly refinement — the elegance of 雅楽, the old court music.

    How to remember it: A plain crow that lent its name to the court — elegance is bearing, not plumage: refined.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

  • Tattoo check: 雅

    • Verified meaning: elegant
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read さやか, しずか, ただし, まさ)
    • Also carries these associations: correct, originally

    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 雅

    Given names 雅(さやか)Listen 雅(しずか)Listen 雅(ただし)Listen 雅(まさ)Listen 雅(まさし)Listen 雅(まさみ)Listen 雅(まさり)Listen 雅(まさる)Listen 雅(みや)Listen 雅(みやか)Listen 雅(みやび)Listen

    Surnames 雅(もと)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    gracious; elegant; graceful; refined

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    elegant, graceful, refined

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    elegant

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    elegant, graceful, refined

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

    A crow. Today written as 鴉. | Correct. Also, a type of ancient musical poetry. The Book of Odes has 大雅 (Greater Odes) and 小雅 (Lesser Odes). Refers to proper music. | Ordinary. The Analects says: "What the Master ordinarily spoke of." | A book title. The Erya is also abbreviated as 雅. After that, many books on exegesis modeled after the Erya are called 雅. Such as Guangya, Piya, and the like. | 嫻雅. Refers to being practiced in ceremonial deportment and acting appropriately. | The opposite of vulgar. Having standards and rules, not following common trends is called 雅. | Plain or usual. Refers to one's ordinary state. As in 一日之雅 means having one day's ordinary acquaintance. | Very. A particle. Occasionally used in ancient texts.

  • Onyomi

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    ga(ガ) ガ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    miya.bi(みやび) みやび

  • Strokes

    tip

    13 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    隹 (furutori)

  • Related Keywords

    elegant correct originally constant crow refinement grace proper beautiful cultured dignified genteel noble polished sophisticated tasteful stylish classy courtly refined suave urbane subtle

Sentences including 雅

  • She is graceful.

  • I found her graceful.

  • She looks very elegant.

  • It was i who met masako here yesterday.

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