Question

男 おとこ、お male 5 240 7 102 た・たへん 会意 Compound Ideographic Male is seen here as muscles working in the field, in other words working in the rice fields is the work of the male who are usually stronger. This is more or less the meaning of the original Chinese character.

Accepted Answer

ダン、ナン み 男のコ(おとこのコ): boy; male child; baby boy男(おとこ): man男子(だんし): youth; young man男性(だんせい): (1) man; male (2) masculine gender長男(ちょうなん): eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son男の人(おとこのひと): man 1 田: rice field; rice paddy力: power; strength; strong; strain; bear up; exert 田 5 (none) male When it comes to choosing a MAN, I prefer brains over muscles.

Kanji	男
Onyomi	ダン、ナン
Kunyomi	おとこ、お
Nanori	み
English	male
Examples	男のコ(おとこのコ): boy; male child; baby boy 男(おとこ): man 男子(だんし): youth; young man 男性(だんせい): (1) man; male (2) masculine gender 長男(ちょうなん): eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son 男の人(おとこのひと): man
JLPT Level	5
Jouyou Grade	1
Frequency	240
Components	田: rice field; rice paddy 力: power; strength; strong; strain; bear up; exert
Number of Strokes	7
Kanji Radical	田
Radical Number	102
Radical Strokes	5
Radical Reading	た・たへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	male
Koohii Story 1	Male is seen here as muscles working in the field, in other words working in the rice fields is the work of the male who are usually stronger. This is more or less the meaning of the original Chinese character.
Koohii Story 2	When it comes to choosing a MAN, I prefer brains over muscles.

Male Man Rice Son Working 男 ダン、ナン おとこ、お

Male Man Rice Son Working 男ダン、ナンおとこ、お