Jisho

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5 strokes (also 4)
Radical:
fang
Parts:
tusk, fang, tusk radical (no. 92)
Kun:
きば
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2067 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 牙城 【ガジョウ】 stronghold (esp. of an enemy or opponent), inner citadel, bastion
  • 牙関緊急 【ガカンキンキュウ】 trismus, lockjaw
  • 爪牙 【ソウガ】 claws and fangs, claws and tusks, clutches, devious design, means of causing harm, weapon, pawn, stooge, cat's-paw, right-hand man
  • 毒牙 【ドクガ】 poison fang, sinister ways, crooked means, clutches, wily ways, dirty trick
  • 牙 【ゲ】 tooth, ivory
  • 牙牌 【ガハイ】 bone tile (e.g. for Chinese dominoes)
  • 新象牙 【シンゾウゲ】 ivory-like plastic (used for mahjong tiles, shogi pieces, etc.)
  • 狼牙 【ロウゲ】 Potentilla cryptotaeniae (species of flowering plant)

Kun reading compounds

  • 牙 【きば】 tusk, fang
  • 牙海蜷 【きばうみにな】 mud creeper (Terebralia palustris)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ya2
Korean:
a

Spanish

  • colmillo

Portuguese

French

  • croc
  • défense
  • radical défense d'ivoire (no. 92)
2848 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1548 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
4243 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2891 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1923 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19909 Morohashi
3435 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3531 New Nelson (John Haig)
1904 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2053 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
0a4.28 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-1 SKIP code
3-3-1 SKIP code
7124.0 Four corner code
1024.0 Four corner code
1-18-71 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7259 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
woman, female
Parts:
old woman, grandma, wet nurse
Kun:
ばばばあ
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2435 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 婆 【ババ】 old woman, joker (in old maid)
  • 婆 【ババア】 old woman, hag, old bag
  • 提婆 【ダイバ】 deva (being with god-like characteristics)
  • 湯婆 【タンポ】 hot-water bottle, metal sake jug, sake warmer

Kun reading compounds

  • 婆 【ばば】 old woman, joker (in old maid)
  • 婆 【ばばあ】 old woman, hag, old bag
  • 祖父祖母 【じじばば】 old people, grandparents
  • 遣り手婆 【やりてばば】 brothel madam
  • 婆さん 【ばあさん】 grandmother, old woman, female senior citizen
  • 婆ちゃん 【ばあちゃん】 granny, grandma, gran, old lady, old woman
  • 糞婆 【くそばばあ】 old hag, old woman, old bat
  • 鬼婆 【おにばば】 hag, witch, bitch, penurious or spiteful old woman, termagant, virago

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
po2
Korean:
pa

Spanish

  • anciana
  • abuela

Portuguese

  • senhora
  • avó
  • ama de leite

French

  • vieille femme
  • grand-mère
  • nourrice
1684 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
2039 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1234 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1262 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1931 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2116 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1902 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
430 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3433 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1768 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2407 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
812 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6390 Morohashi
2762 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1240 New Nelson (John Haig)
804 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
867 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1421 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
369 2001 Kanji
3e8.9 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-3 SKIP code
3440.4 Four corner code
1-39-44 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5a46 Unicode hex code