Meanings

Son, Counter For Sons

Radicals

阝

Decomposition

⿰良阝

Etymology

Ideographic: A man from a good 良 place 阝; 良 also provides the pronunciation

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 9

Stroke Order

1 vertical top-to-bottom

2 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

3 horizontal left-to-right

4 horizontal bottom-to-top

5 corner bottom-to-top

6 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

7 corner right-to-left

8 unknown top-to-bottom

9 vertical right-to-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

リョウ ryou

ロウ rou

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

おとこ otoko

Words Using This Kanji

72 words total

Other (12 words)

太郎たろう

first son

太郎冠者たろうかじゃ

Tarōkaja (common name for a manservant)

一太郎いちたろう

Ichitarō

英辞郎えいじろう

Eijiro (digital English-Japanese dictionary)

高木仁三郎市民科学基金たかぎじんざぶろうしみんかがくききん

Takagi Fund for Citizen Science

小松市立宮本三郎美術館こまつしりつみやもとさぶろうびじゅつかん

MIYAMATO Saburo Museum

桃太郎ももたろう

Momotarō (Japanese folk tale and popular hero)

桃太郎の誕生ももたろうのたんじょう

The Birth of Momotaro (book by Yanagita Kunio)

とっとこハム太郎とっとこハムたろう

Hamtaro (manga and storybook series by Ritsuko Kawai; media franchise)

プー太郎ぷうたろう

unemployed person

悪太郎あくたろう

stupid brat

一姫二太郎いちひめにたろう

it's good to have a girl first and then a boy

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