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Kanji Detail for 唄 - "song, folk song, ballad"
唄
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Meaning
唄 means "song, folk song, ballad."
Song - A musical composition with words.
Folk song - A traditional song.
Ballad - A narrative song.
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Words using 唄
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長唄
ながうた
long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Edo in the early 17th century)
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長唄
ながうた
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Tattoo check: 唄
- Verified meaning: song, folk song, ballad
- Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
- Used in real Japanese given names (read うた, ばい)
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.
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Name readings of 唄
Given names 唄(うた)
Surnames 唄(ばい)
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
song; ballad
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
final particle of assertion
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
(bound form) to chant (from Sanskrit "pāṭhaka")
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
final particle of an assertion
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Sanskrit chanting. In the Western regions, hymns are called 唄.
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Onyomi
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Kunyomi
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Strokes
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Radical
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Related Keywords
Sentences including 唄
Sing me a lullaby.
I love Aimer's songs.
Ann sang a lullaby for her little sister.
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
More kanji with the radical 口 (kuchi・kuchihen)
- 口 mouth, entrance, to speak
- 古 old, ancient, former
- 句 phrase, clause, haiku
- 只 only, free
- 召 to summon, summons, to invite
- 可 to permit, can
- 台 platform, stand, tower
- 叱 to scold, to reprimand
- 史 history, chronicle
- 右 right
- 叶 to be fulfilled, to come true
- 号 call, name, number
- 司 to manage, official, to preside
- 叫 to shout, to cry out
- 各 each, every
- 合 to combine, to match
- 吉 auspicious, good
- 同 same, together
- 名 name, to name, famous
- 后 empress, after
- 吏 official, clerk
- 吐 to vomit, to disgorge
- 向 to face toward, direction, opposite
- 君 lord, you, sovereign
- 吞 swallow, contain, overwhelm
- 吟 to recite, to compose