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Kanji Detail for 男 - "man, son"

男

  • Meaning

    男 means "man, son." Also associated with vigorous person.

    1. Man - A male person.

    2. Son - A male child.

    3. Vigorous person - Someone with great energy and spirit.

    4. Manly person - Someone who is masculine.

  • Words using 男

    • 男子 だんし Listen boy; man; male
    • 男性 だんせい Listen man; male; masculine gender
    • 長男 ちょうなん Listen eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
    • 男女 だんじょ Listen men and women; man and woman; both sexes
    • 男の子 おとこのこ Listen boy; son; baby boy
    • 三男 さんなん Listen three sons; third son
    • 男児 だんじ Listen boy; son; man
    • 一男 いちなん Listen boy; eldest son

  • Four-character idioms with 男

    • 男尊女卑 だんそんじょひ Listen male domination of women; male chauvinism; subjection of women
    • 老若男女 ろうにゃくなんにょ Listen men and women of all ages
    • 善男善女 ぜんなんぜんにょ Listen pious men and women; religious people; the faithful
    • 女尊男卑 じょそんだんぴ Listen placing women above men

  • Origin of 男

    田, the rice field, over 力, strength (the plow-arm): the one who works the field. "Man" was written as a job description.

    How to remember it: A field 田 and the muscle 力 under it — man, defined by his workplace.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

  • Tattoo check: 男

    • Verified meaning: man, son
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いのまた, いのもと, いまた, おさち)
    • Also carries these associations: vigorous person

    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 男

    Given names 男(だん)Listen

    Surnames 男(いのまた)Listen 男(いのもと)Listen 男(いまた)Listen 男(おさち)Listen 男(おとこ)Listen 男(おの)Listen

  • Compare with other kanji that mean the same thing:

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    male

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    male, man; son; baron; surname

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (bound form) male; baron, the lowest of the five ranks of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    man, boy; male; baron; surname

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

    A man. | A son addressing parents calls himself 男. | The fifth of the five ranks of nobility is called 男 (baron).

  • Onyomi

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    dan(ダン) ダン

    nan(ナン) ナン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    o(お) お

    otoko(おとこ) おとこ

  • Strokes

    tip

    7 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    田 (ta・tahen)

  • Related Keywords

    man son vigorous person male bachelor boyfriend brother dynamic energetic energy father guy husband masculine muscle nephew patriarchal robust strong

Sentences including 男

  • I'm a careful man.

  • The man spoke in a low voice.

  • I remembered that boys will be boys.

  • The man begged me for money.

  • And walked to the man's house.

  • The boy begged for a new bicycle.

  • The name of the man i met yesterday is mr hill.

  • You got yourself a nice guy.

  • I'm a free man.

  • He has an unpleasant look in his eyes.

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