JLPT N5 · 7 strokes
Kanji 男: "male"
The kanji 男 means "male". It is written with 7 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N5, read ダン, ナン in on'yomi and おとこ, お 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)
ダンナン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
おとこお
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 | male |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 7 |
| JLPT level | N5 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 1 |
| Frequency rank | 240 of 2,501 |
Common words with 男
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 男man; male · fellow; guy; chap; bloke
- 男性man; male · masculine gender
- 男の子boy; son; baby boy · young man
- 男子boy · man; male
- 男女men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
- 男の人man
- 長男eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
- 男らしいmanly; masculine; like a man
- 男爵baron · Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
- 男子生徒schoolboy; male student
- 大男big man; large man; tall man; giant
- いい男handsome man; looker · good guy; great guy
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