| Kanji | 駄 |
|---|---|
| Onyomi | ダ、タ |
| English | burdensome, pack horse, horse load, send by horse |
| Examples | 無駄(むだ): futility; uselessness; pointlessness 無駄遣い(むだづかい): wasting ... on (e.g. money); squandering; waste; frittering away 駄目(だめ): (1) no good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken (2) hopeless; wasted; in vain; purposeless (3) cannot; must not; not allowed 下駄(げた): (1) geta; Japanese wooden clogs (2) turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character 駄作(ださく): poor work; rubbish |
| JLPT Level | 1 |
| Jouyou Grade | S |
| Frequency | 1500 |
| Components | 馬: horse 太: plump; thick; big around |
| Number of Strokes | 14 |
| Kanji Radical | 馬 |
| Radical Number | 187 |
| Radical Strokes | 10 |
| Radical Reading | うま・うまへん |
| Traditional Form | (none) |
| Classification | 形声 Phonetic |
| Keyword | burdensome |
| Koohii Story 1 | If a passenger is too plump and heavy, its too burdensome for the horse. |
| Koohii Story 2 | If your horses get so plump to be good for nothing they just become burdensome. |
| RTK Index | 1986 |
Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1001-1500
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