Jisho

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5 strokes
Radical:
woman, female
Parts:
guy, slave, manservant, fellow
Kun:
やつやっこ
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1932 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 奴隷 【ドレイ】 slave, servant, slavery
  • 奴智鮫 【ドチザメ】 banded houndshark (Triakis scyllium, found in the northwest Pacific from southern Siberia to Taiwan)
  • 売国奴 【バイコクド】 traitor (to one's country), quisling
  • 農奴 【ノウド】 serf

Kun reading compounds

  • 奴 【やつ】 fellow, guy, chap, thing, object, he, she, him, her
  • 臣 【やつこ】 slave, retainer, servant, captive, varlet, I, me
  • 懲りない奴 【こりないやつ】 person (generally male) who won't learn their lesson, persistent jerk
  • 何奴 【どいつ】 who
  • 奴 【やっこ】 servant (esp. a samurai's attendant), chivalrous man (Edo period), cubed tofu (often served cold), kite shaped like an Edo-period footman, Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants, enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime), he, she, him, her
  • 奴頭 【やっこあたま】 Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants
  • 輪抜奴 【わぬけやっこ】 bluering angelfish (Pomacanthus annularis)
  • 三下奴 【さんしたやっこ】 petty underling, small fry

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
nu2
Korean:
no

Spanish

  • esclavo
  • criado
  • siervo
  • individuo
  • desprecio
  • insulto

Portuguese

  • serva
  • escrava
  • dama de companhia

French

  • mec
  • type
  • esclave
  • valet
  • suffixe insultant
1638 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1891 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1186 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1869 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
256 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1933 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2118 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1871 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
431 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
217 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
136 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
164 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
709 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6039 Morohashi
187 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1174 New Nelson (John Haig)
702 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
758 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1045 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1767 2001 Kanji
3e2.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-2 SKIP code
4744.0 Four corner code
1-37-59 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5974 Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
me, I (male), servant, manservant
Kun:
しもべ
On:
ボク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1236 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 僕 【ボク】 I, me, you, manservant
  • 僕たち 【ボクタチ】 we
  • 校僕 【コウボク】 student studying and working at the school
  • 童僕 【ドウボク】 young male servant, page

Kun reading compounds

  • 僕 【しもべ】 servant, manservant, menial
  • 神の僕 【かみのしもべ】 Servant of God

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
pu2, pu1
Korean:
bog

Spanish

  • yo (varón)

Portuguese

  • me
  • a mim
  • Eu (masculino)

French

  • je (masculin)
  • moi
  • serviteur
1820 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1522 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
544 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1838 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1068 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1888 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2060 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1241 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
134 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
185 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
121 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
142 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1811 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1094 Morohashi
164 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
313 New Nelson (John Haig)
1794 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1933 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
296 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
1693 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2163 2001 Kanji
2a12.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-12 SKIP code
2223.4 Four corner code
1-43-45 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
50d5 Unicode hex code