This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ヤ、エ、なり、か、また
Romaji: ya, e, nari, ka, mata
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Romaji

Name Reading

Kana:
Romaji: shi
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Romaji

Meaning

to be (classical)

Stroke Diagram

123

Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  3
Radical Number:  2
Frequency:  1404
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  4-3-2
Korean Reading:  ya
Chinese Reading:  ye3
Unicode:  4e5f
JIS:  4C69

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3406
Nelson Index: 75
New Nelson Index: 58
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 0a3.29
Four Corner Index: 4471.2
Gakken Index: 1553
Japanese Names Index: 23
Daikanwanjiten Index: 171
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 1.0391
Remembering the kanji Index: 2094
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 2130
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2878
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2236
Essential Kanji Index: 1986
Kodansha Kanji Index: 4214

Words

(なり)
to be (an affirmation); to be (location); sum of money (used to express an exact sum on a receipt, envelope, certificate, etc.)
可也 (かなり)
considerably; fairly; quite
事実は小説より奇なり (じじつはしょうせつよりきなり)
truth is stranger than fiction
弱き者よ汝の名は女也 (よわきものよなんじのなはおんななり)
Frailty, thy name is woman
悪法も亦法也 (あくほうもまたほうなり)
A law is a law, however undesirable it may be
空也餅 (くうやもち)
chunky mochi made with half-polished rice, stuffed with red bean paste
時は金なり (ときはかねなり)
time is money
知らぬは亭主許り也 (しらぬはていしゅばかりなり)
Only the husband does not know
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