Kanji
N1 5 strokes Grade 8 freq #1932

guy, slave, manservant, fellow

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

woman onna

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

slave; servant
traitor (to one's country); quisling
he; she
slave ship
King of Na gold seal (National Treasure of Japan)
wage slave
slave trade
Slave dynasty (of India; 1206-1290); Mamluk dynasty
(system of) slavery
longnose butterfly fish (Forcipiger flavissimus, species of butterflyfish from the Indo-Pacific); forcepsfish

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

fellow; guy
they; those guys
machi-yakko; vigilantes who wore flamboyant clothing and formed gangs to fight against hatamoto-yakko (Edo period)
they; those guys
he; she
bluering angelfish (Pomacanthus annularis)
low-ranking samurai
person sporting an itobin hairstyle
Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants
you fool!; you idiot!

Example sentences

He guaranteed his slaves' freedom.

Lincoln set the slaves free.

He is a sharp-shooter.

He is so nice a fellow.