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: ハ、ともえ、うずまき
Romaji: ha, tomoe, uzumaki
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Romaji

Name Reading

Kana: とも
Romaji: tomo
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Meaning

comma-design

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  4
Radical Number:  5
Frequency:  2082
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  4-4-1
Korean Reading:  pa
Chinese Reading:  ba1
Unicode:  5df4
JIS:  4743

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3438
Nelson Index: 263
New Nelson Index: 1541
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 0a4.16
Four Corner Index: 7771.7
Japanese Names Index: 97
Daikanwanjiten Index: 8745
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 4.0385
Remembering the kanji Index: 2096
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 2144
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2894
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2237
Kodansha Kanji Index: 4246

Words

(ともえ)
huge comma design
三つ巴 (みつどもえ)
3 fat-comma shapes arranged to form a circle; 3-way struggle (wrestling, etc.)
巴瓦 (ともえがわら)
comma-pattern tile
巴人 (はじん)
uneducated bumpkin; resident of ancient Sichuan
巴旦杏 (はたんきょう)
plum; almond
巴里 (パリ)
Paris (France)
Bリンパ球 (ビーリンパきゅう)
B lymphocyte; B cell
巴基斯担 (パキスタン)
Pakistan
巴戦 (ともえせん)
dogfight; play-off with 3 wrestlers participating
巴投げ (ともえなげ)
overhead throw in judo
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