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Readings

Kana: バイ、うた、うた.う
Romaji: bai, uta, uta.u
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

song, ballad

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  10
Radical Number:  30
Frequency:  2051
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-3-7
Korean Reading:  pae
Chinese Reading:  bei5
Unicode:  5504
JIS:  3134

Indexes

Halpern Index: 400
Nelson Index: 924
New Nelson Index: 802
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3d7.1
Four Corner Index: 6608.0
Japanese Names Index: 1045
Daikanwanjiten Index: 3694
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 2.1020
Remembering the kanji Index: 2178
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 297
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 358
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 57
Kodansha Kanji Index: 477

Words

(うた)
song; classical Japanese poetry (esp. tanka); modern poetry
小唄 (こうた)
ballad
わらべ歌 (わらべうた)
children's song; nursery song
流行り歌 (はやりうた)
popular song
田植え歌 (たうえうた)
rice-planting song; rice planters' song
歌う (うたう)
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
長唄 (ながうた)
long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Edo in the early 17th century)
地唄 (じうた)
(style of) folk song
鼻歌 (はなうた)
humming; crooning
組歌 (くみうた)
var. of folksong; var. of koto or shamisen music; medley of (Japanese) songs
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