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: ド、やつ、やっこ
Romaji: do, yatsu, yakko
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Name Reading

Kana:
Romaji: nu
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Meanings

guy, slave, manservant, fellow

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  5
Radical Number:  38
Frequency:  1932
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-3-2
Korean Reading:  no
Chinese Reading:  nu2
Unicode:  5974
JIS:  455B

Indexes

Halpern Index: 187
Nelson Index: 1186
New Nelson Index: 1174
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3e2.2
Four Corner Index: 4744.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 1638
Gakken Index: 1891
Japanese Names Index: 256
Daikanwanjiten Index: 6039
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 3.0624
Remembering the kanji Index: 702
Kodansha Compact Index: 431
Kanji in Context Index: 1871
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 136
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 164
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 709
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 758
Essential Kanji Index: 1869
Kodansha Kanji Index: 217
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1767
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1045

Words

(やっこ)
servant (esp. a samurai's attendant); chivalrous man (c. Edo period); cubed tofu (often served cold); kite shaped like a footman; Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants; enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime); he; she; him; her
(やつこ、つぶね、やつこらま)
slave; retainer; servant; captive; varlet; I; me
奴隷 (どれい)
slave; servant; slavery
奴ら (やつら)
they; those guys
奴婢 (どひ、ぬひ)
servant
(やつ、しゃつ)
fellow; guy; chap; thing; object; (derogatory or familiar) he; she; him; her
()
derogatory suffix (referring to others); humble suffix (referring to oneself)
匈奴 (きょうど、フンヌ)
Xiongnu; ancient Central Asian nomadic people often associated with the Huns
農奴 (のうど)
serf
彼奴 (あいつ、きゃつ、かやつ、あやつ)
he; she; that guy
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