野
野 — Plains
plains, field, rustic, civilian life
On’yomiヤ (ya)
On’yomiショ (sho)
Kun’yomiの (no)
Kun’yomiの- (no)
Stroke order (11 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 野
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 分野 | ぶんや bunya | field; sphere; realm |
| 野球 | やきゅう yakyuu | baseball |
| 野党 | やとう yatou | opposition party; the opposition |
| 与野党 | よやとう yoyatou | ruling and opposition parties; parties in and out of power |
| 野菜 | やさい yasai | vegetable; marijuana; cannabis |
| 野 | の no | field; plain; hidden interior part (of a structure or object) |
Study notes
野 is a JLPT N4 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 2), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #120 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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