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、ジャ、か
Romaji: ya, ja, ka
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

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Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  9
Radical Number:  128
Frequency: 
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  1-6-3
Korean Reading:  ya
Chinese Reading:  ye1
Unicode:  8036
JIS:  4C6D

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1283
Nelson Index: 3698
New Nelson Index: 4716
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 6e2.1
Four Corner Index: 1712.7
Japanese Names Index: 889
Daikanwanjiten Index: 29008
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 9.0187
Remembering the kanji Index: 2680
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 862
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1179
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2720
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1635

Words

阿頼耶識 (あらやしき)
alaya-vijnana (store consciousness, consciousness forming the base of all human existence)
耶蘇 (やそ、ヤソ)
Christ
有耶無耶 (うやむや)
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
三昧耶形 (さんまやぎょう、さまやぎょう)
object or shape that symbolizes the vow of a buddha or bodhisattva to save all life
耶蘇会 (やそかい、ヤソかい)
Society of Jesus; Jesuits
邪馬台国 (やまたいこく、やばたいこく)
Yamataikoku; historical Japanese state thought to have existed during the late Yayoi period
耶嬢 (やじょう)
father and mother
三昧耶戒 (さんまやかい)
precepts given to an adherent prior to being consecrated as an Acharya (in esoteric Buddhism)
三昧耶 (さんまや、さまや、さんまいや)
time; meeting; coming together; equality, warning, or riddance of hindrances (esp. in esoteric Buddhism as vows of the buddhas and bodhisattvas)
耶蘇教 (やそきょう、ヤソきょう)
Christianity
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