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Kanji Detail for 駄 - "pack horse, load, worthless"

駄

  • Meaning

    駄 means "pack horse, load, worthless."

    1. Pack horse - A horse used to carry loads.

    2. Load - A burden carried by an animal.

    3. Worthless - Without value; useless.

    4. Trivial - Of little importance; petty.

  • Words using 駄

    • 駄目 だめ Listen no good; not serving its purpose; useless
    • 下駄 げた Listen geta; traditional Japanese wooden sandal; turn (in set-type proofing)
    • 駄菓子屋 だがしや Listen small-time candy store; penny candy store

  • Tattoo check: 駄

    • Verified meaning: pack horse, load, worthless
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    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.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    burdensome; pack horse; horse load; send by horse; trivial; worthless

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    a horse load; a pack-horse

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 馱|驮

  • Onyomi

    tip

    da(ダ) ダ

    ta(タ) タ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    14 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    馬 (uma・umahen)

  • Related Keywords

    pack horse load worthless burden cargo footwear trivial useless animal carry equine futile importance inadequate inferior poor pointless second-rate mount steed

Sentences including 駄

  • It is no use trying to escape.

  • It's no use arguing with him.

  • It is no use trying again.

  • I look on watching tv as a waste of time.

  • No , we have to go now.

  • It is no use arguing with him.

  • It's no use your saying anything.

  • Trying to do such a thing is a waste of time.

  • I'm not going to waste my money.

  • Thank you for looking at my poor scribblings.

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