若
若 — yak, ya
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 같을 약, 반야 야
- Romanization
- yak, ya
- English
- if, supposing, assuming; similar
- Mandarin
- ruò
- Japanese on'yomi
- ジャク, ニャク, ジャ, ニャ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- わか.い わか- も.しくわ も.し も.しくは ごと.し
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 6
- Newspaper frequency
- #458 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 艸 (140, 5 residual)
- Unicode
- U+82E5
Parts that make up 若
Korean example words with 若
- 약배若輩 Korean gloss: 젊고 경험이 적은 사람
- 만약萬若 Korean gloss: 혹시 있을지도 모르는 뜻밖의 경우
- 난야蘭若 Korean gloss: 고요한 곳이라는 뜻으로, ‘절’을 이르는 말
- 약후若朽 Korean gloss: 젊어서 한창 일할 때임에도 쓸모가 없음. 또는 그런 사람
- 약간하다若干 Korean gloss: 잠깐 어떻게 하다
- 과약果若 Korean gloss: 아닌 게 아니라 정말로. 주로 생각과 실제가 같음을 확인할 때에 쓴다
- 연상약하다年相若 Korean gloss: 나이가 엇비슷하다
- 과약기언果若其言 Korean gloss: 과연 그 말과 같음
- 유약무하다有若無 Korean gloss: 있지만 없는 것과 다름없다
- 약숙若熟 Korean gloss: 음식 따위가 완전히 익지 않음.
- 약충若蟲 Korean gloss: 불완전 변태를 하는 동물의 애벌레.
- 약목若木 Korean gloss: 예전에, 해가 지는 곳에 서 있었다는 나무.
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 若
- 若者わかもの young person; youngster; young people
- 若手わかて young person
- 若干じゃっかん some; few; a number of
- 若さわかさ youth; youthfulness
- 若返りわかがえり rejuvenation; restoration of youth
- 若年じゃくねん youth
- 若葉わかば new leaves; young leaves; fresh verdure
- 老若ろうにゃく young and old; all ages
- 般若はんにゃ prajna (wisdom required to attain enlightenment); hannya; mask of a grinning, horned demoness (represents a woman's rage and jealousy)
- 若返るわかがえる to be rejuvenated; to feel young again
- 若い者わかいもの young person; young people; youth
- 若いわかい young; youthful; immature
Other hanja read “약”
Other hanja with radical 艸
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