JLPT N1 · 13 strokes
Kanji 雅: "gracious, elegant, graceful"
The kanji 雅 means "gracious, elegant, graceful, refined". It is written with 13 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read ガ in on'yomi and みや.び 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)
ガ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
みや.び
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 | gracious, elegant, graceful, refined |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 13 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1192 of 2,501 |
Common words with 雅
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 優雅elegant; graceful; refined · leisurely; comfortable; easy; carefree
- 雅refinement; elegance; grace
- 雅味refinement; elegance; sophistication; gracefulness
- 古雅classical elegance; antiquity
- 風雅elegance; refinement; (refined) taste; grace · elegant arts; refined pursuits
- 雅elegance; grace · festal song (genre of the Shi Jing)
- 典雅refined; elegant; graceful; classic
- 雅人individual of taste
- 雅楽gagaku; ceremonial Japanese court music
- 閑雅refined; elegant
- 高雅refined; elegant; chaste
- 雅号alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume
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