唄
唄 — Song
song, ballad
On’yomiバイ (bai)
Kun’yomiうた (uta)
Kun’yomiうたう (utau)
Stroke order (10 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 唄
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 長唄 | ながうた nagauta | long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Edo in the early 17th century) |
| 小唄 | こうた kouta | kouta; traditional ballad accompanied by shamisen |
| 地唄 | じうた jiuta | (style of) folk song |
Study notes
唄 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 10 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #2051 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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