雅
雅 — Gracious
gracious, elegant, graceful, refined
On’yomiガ (ga)
Kun’yomiみやび (miyabi)
Stroke order (13 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 雅
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 優雅 | ゆうが yuuga | elegant; graceful; refined |
| 雅致 | がち gachi | artistry; good taste; elegance |
| 雅楽 | ががく gagaku | gagaku; ceremonial Japanese court music |
| 雅号 | がごう gagou | alias; pseudonym; pen name |
| 雅文 | がぶん gabun | elegant (literary) style |
Study notes
雅 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 13 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1192 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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