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、じい、じじい、おやじ、じじ、ちち
Romaji: ya, jii, jijii, oyaji, jiji, chichi
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

old man, grampa

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  13
Radical Number:  88
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  2-4-9
Korean Reading:  ya
Chinese Reading:  ye2
Unicode:  723a
JIS:  4C6C

Indexes

Nelson Index: 2835
New Nelson Index: 3517
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2o10.6
Four Corner Index: 8012.7
Daikanwanjiten Index: 19734
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 7.0582
Remembering the kanji Index: 2334
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2423
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2656

Words

(じじ、じじい、じい、ジジイ)
old man; old geezer
親父 (おやじ、ろうや、しんぷ)
one's father; old man; one's boss
お祖父さん (おじいさん)
grandfather; male senior-citizen
エロ爺 (エロじじい)
dirty old man; pervert; groper (on trains); lecher
爺ちゃん (じいちゃん)
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
爺さん (じいさん)
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
狸爺 (たぬきじじい)
cunning old man
好好爺 (こうこうや)
good-natured old man
糞爺 (くそじじい)
old man; old goat
爺むさい (じじむさい)
like an old man; doddering; wizened; frowzy; seedy
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