謡
謡 — Song
song, sing, ballad, noh chanting
On’yomiヨウ (you)
Kun’yomiうたい (utai)
Kun’yomiうたう (utau)
Stroke order (16 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 謡
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 童謡 | どうよう douyou | children's song; nursery rhyme |
| 民謡 | みんよう minyou | folk song; popular song |
| 歌謡 | かよう kayou | song; ballad |
| 歌謡曲 | かようきょく kayoukyoku | kayōkyoku; form of Japanese popular music that developed during the Showa era; (Western) pop song |
| 謡 | うたい utai | noh chanting; noh chant |
| 謡曲 | ようきょく youkyoku | noh song |
Study notes
謡 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 16 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1580 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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