JLPT N4 · 5 strokes
Kanji 田: "rice field, rice paddy"
The kanji 田 means "rice field, rice paddy". It is written with 5 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N4, read デン in on'yomi and た in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
デン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
た
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | rice field, rice paddy |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 5 |
| JLPT level | N4 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 1 |
| Frequency rank | 90 of 2,501 |
Common words with 田
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 田rice field
- 田舎rural area; countryside; the sticks · hometown
- 田舎者person from the countryside; countryman; countryfolk; provincial person
- 田畑fields (of rice and other crops)
- 島田pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure
- 御田oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku stewed in soy-flavored dashi
- 田んぼrice field; rice paddy; paddy field
- 新田new rice field; newly developed rice field · wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)
- 田舎町country town; rural town
- 真田plait; braid
- 成田place : Narita
- 本田rice paddy
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