Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
stand, erect
Parts:
juvenile, child
Kun:
わらべ
On:
ドウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
1138 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 童話 【ドウワ】 children's story, fairy tale
  • 童謡 【ドウヨウ】 children's song, nursery rhyme
  • 天童 【テンドウ】 cherub, gods disguised as children, children parading as cherubs
  • 悪童 【アクドウ】 bad boy, naughty child, brat

Kun reading compounds

  • 童 【わらべ】 child
  • わらべ歌 【わらべうた】 children's song, nursery song
  • 京童 【きょうわらべ】 Kyoto's children, Kyoto's young people, who are noisy and gossiping on the least pretext
  • 小童 【こわっぱ】 boy, child, youth, brat

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tong2
Korean:
dong

Spanish

  • niño
  • chiquillo

Portuguese

  • juvenil
  • criança

French

  • jeune
  • enfant
487 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
385 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
363 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1111 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3357 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
643 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
788 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1743 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
410 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
416 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1026 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1461 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2639 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1348 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1828 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
443 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
25775 Morohashi
2130 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4239 New Nelson (John Haig)
436 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
468 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
408 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
472 2001 Kanji
5b7.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-10 SKIP code
2-5-7 SKIP code
0010.4 Four corner code
1-38-24 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7ae5 Unicode hex code

12 strokes (also 11)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
play
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
941 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 遊撃 【ユウゲキ】 raid, military attack by a mobile unit, hit-and-run attack, search-and-kill mission, search-and-destroy mission, military action without a predetermined target, attacking the enemy or assisting allies as the opportunity arises, shortstop, short
  • 遊園地 【ユウエンチ】 amusement park
  • 浮遊 【フユウ】 floating, drifting, suspension, wandering (about)
  • 外遊 【ガイユウ】 foreign travel
  • 遊撃 【ユウゲキ】 raid, military attack by a mobile unit, hit-and-run attack, search-and-kill mission, search-and-destroy mission, military action without a predetermined target, attacking the enemy or assisting allies as the opportunity arises, shortstop, short
  • 遊園地 【ユウエンチ】 amusement park

Kun reading compounds

  • 遊ぶ 【あそぶ】 to play (games, sports), to enjoy oneself, to have a good time, to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.), to be idle, to do nothing, to be unused, to meet up (with friends), to hang out, to give oneself up (to gambling, drinking, etc.), to go to (for pleasure or for study), to tease (someone), to play (with), to intentionally throw a ball to lower the batter's concentration
  • 遊糸 【ゆうし】 gossamer, heat haze, shimmer of hot air
  • 遊ばす 【あそばす】 to let (someone) play, to keep (someone) amused, to entertain, to leave idle, to not make use of, to let go to waste, to do, to do

Readings

Japanese names:
あす、 う
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
you2
Korean:
yu

Spanish

  • jugar
  • viajar
  • moverse libremente

Portuguese

  • Jogo
  • jogar

French

  • jouer
326 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
424 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
402 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
728 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4726 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
587 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
962 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1809 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1003 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1040 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
196 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
712 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3896 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2008 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2709 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1056 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38994P Morohashi
3142 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6093 New Nelson (John Haig)
1047 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1126 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
411 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
447 2001 Kanji
2q8.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-9 SKIP code
3-3-8 SKIP code
3-2-8 SKIP code
3830.4 Four corner code
1-45-23 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
904a Unicode hex code