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KanjiN5Grade 1 · 小17 strokesRadical 田#240 in newspapers

男 · male

男 is a kanji meaning male. It has 7 strokes and is on the JLPT N5 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

  • ダンdan
  • ナンnan

Kun'yomi · Japanese

  • おとこotoko
  • おo

Practise the N5 kanji

In 第2巻 JLPT N5, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 男 · 6 in our JLPT lists

Words that use 男
WordReadingMeaningLevel
男おとこman, maleN5
男の子おとこのこboyN5
男性だんせいman; maleN4
男の人おとこのひとmanN3
男子だんしyoung manN3
長男ちょうなんeldest sonN2

Example sentence

私は男の子です。

わたしはおとこのこです

I am a boy.

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · Sentence: Tatoeba #155141 (CC BY 2.0 FR) · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Stroke order

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7 strokes
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