Search Kanji for や

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八

eight

Meaning: eight; eight radical (no. 12)
Kun-yomi: や/や.つ/やっ.つ/よう
On-yomi: ハチ
乜

to squint

Meaning: to squint; what? huh? (Cant.)
Kun-yomi: やぶにらみ
On-yomi: バ/メ
已

stop

Meaning: stop; halt; previously; already; long ago
Kun-yomi: や.む/すで.に/のみ/はなはだ
On-yomi: イ
山

mountain

Meaning: mountain
Kun-yomi: やま
On-yomi: サン/セン
刄

blade

Meaning: blade; sword; edge
Kun-yomi: は/やいば/き.る
On-yomi: ジン/ニン
刃

blade

Meaning: blade; sword; edge
Kun-yomi: は/やいば/き.る
On-yomi: ジン/ニン
公

public

Meaning: public; prince; official; governmental
Kun-yomi: おおやけ
On-yomi: コウ/ク
円

circle

Meaning: circle; yen; round
Kun-yomi: まる.い/まる/まど/まど.か/まろ.やか
On-yomi: エン
文

sentence

Meaning: sentence; literature; style; art; decoration; figures; plan; literary radical (no. 67)
Kun-yomi: ふみ/あや
On-yomi: ブン/モン
冄

tender

Meaning: tender; weak; gradually alternating
Kun-yomi: あや.うい
On-yomi: ゼン/ネン
乎

question mark

Meaning: question mark; ?
Kun-yomi: か/ああ/かな/や/よ/を
On-yomi: コ/オ
冉

red

Meaning: red; tan
Kun-yomi: あや.うい
On-yomi: ゼン/ネン
庁

government office

Meaning: government office
Kun-yomi: やくしょ
On-yomi: チョウ/テイ
圣

holy

Meaning: holy; sacred
Kun-yomi: たがや.す
On-yomi: コツ/クツ/コチ/セイ
矢

dart

Meaning: dart; arrow
Kun-yomi: や
On-yomi: シ
甘

sweet

Meaning: sweet; coax; pamper; be content; sugary
Kun-yomi: あま.い/あま.える/あま.やかす/うま.い
On-yomi: カン
疒

trailing sickness

Meaning: trailing sickness; sick radical (no. 104)
Kun-yomi: や.む
On-yomi: ダク/ニャク/ソウ/ジョウ/シツ
奴

guy

Meaning: guy; slave; manservant; fellow
Kun-yomi: やつ/やっこ
On-yomi: ド
刖

cutting off feet as form of punishment

Meaning: cutting off feet as form of punishment
Kun-yomi: き.る/あやう.い
On-yomi: ゲツ/グチ/ゴツ/ゴチ/カツ
伀

excited

Meaning: excited
Kun-yomi: おおやけ/おそ.れる
On-yomi: ショウ/シュ
休

rest

Meaning: rest; day off; retire; sleep
Kun-yomi: やす.む/やす.まる/やす.める
On-yomi: キュウ
安

relax

Meaning: relax; cheap; low; quiet; rested; contented; peaceful
Kun-yomi: やす.い/やす.まる/やす/やす.らか
On-yomi: アン
帇

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: てわざがすばやい
On-yomi: デン/ニョウ/ロウ
扚

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: はやくうつ
On-yomi: チョウ/テキ/チャク/シャク
圮

destroyed

Meaning: destroyed; ruined; to subvert; to injure
Kun-yomi: やぶ.る/やぶ.れる/くつが.えす/くつが.える
On-yomi: ヒ
早

early

Meaning: early; fast
Kun-yomi: はや.い/はや/はや-/はや.まる/はや.める/さ-
On-yomi: ソウ/サッ
犲

wolf

Meaning: wolf; cruel; wicked; mean
Kun-yomi: やまいぬ
On-yomi: サイ
危

dangerous

Meaning: dangerous; fear; uneasy
Kun-yomi: あぶ.ない/あや.うい/あや.ぶむ
On-yomi: キ
迁

move

Meaning: move; shift; change; transfer; relocate a capital city
Kun-yomi: うつ.る/うつ.す/みやこがえ
On-yomi: セン
夙

bright and early

Meaning: bright and early; long ago; early in life
Kun-yomi: つとに/はやい
On-yomi: シュク
否

negate

Meaning: negate; no; noes; refuse; decline; deny
Kun-yomi: いな/いや
On-yomi: ヒ
灸

moxa cautery

Meaning: moxa cautery; chastisement
Kun-yomi: やいと
On-yomi: キュウ/ク
况

still more

Meaning: still more; still less
Kun-yomi: まし.て/いわ.んや/おもむき
On-yomi: キョウ
妟

to be at ease

Meaning: to be at ease; clear and balmy
Kun-yomi: やす.らか/やす.める
On-yomi: アン/エン
刧

threat

Meaning: threat; long ages
Kun-yomi: おびや.かす
On-yomi: コウ/ゴウ/キョウ
医

doctor

Meaning: doctor; medicine
Kun-yomi: い.やす/い.する/くすし
On-yomi: イ
冷

cool

Meaning: cool; cold (beer, person); chill
Kun-yomi: つめ.たい/ひ.える/ひ.や/ひ.ややか/ひ.やす/ひ.やかす/さ.める/さ.ま
On-yomi: レイ
肖

resemblance

Meaning: resemblance
Kun-yomi: あやか.る
On-yomi: ショウ
牢

prison

Meaning: prison; jail; hardness
Kun-yomi: かた.い/ひとや
On-yomi: ロウ
圾

garbage

Meaning: garbage; rubbish; shaking; danger
Kun-yomi: あや.うい
On-yomi: ギュウ/ゴウ/ショク/セイ
忰

suffer

Meaning: suffer; become emaciated; haggard
Kun-yomi: せがれ/やつ.れる
On-yomi: スイ
劫

threat

Meaning: threat; long ages
Kun-yomi: おびや.かす
On-yomi: コウ/ゴウ/キョウ
彣

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: あや
On-yomi: ブン/モン
吝

miserly

Meaning: miserly; stingy; sparing
Kun-yomi: しわ.い/やぶさ.かな/おし.む
On-yomi: リン
社

company

Meaning: company; firm; office; association; shrine
Kun-yomi: やしろ
On-yomi: シャ
扮

impersonate

Meaning: impersonate; dress up; disguise; thin shingles
Kun-yomi: ふん.する/やつ.す/よそお.う
On-yomi: フン/ハン/ヘン
疓

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: や.む/やまい/ほっす
On-yomi: ザイ/ナイ/ダイ/ネ/キュウ
灼

miraculous

Meaning: miraculous
Kun-yomi: あらた/やく
On-yomi: シャク
邸

residence

Meaning: residence; mansion
Kun-yomi: やしき
On-yomi: テイ
妖

attractive

Meaning: attractive; bewitching; calamity
Kun-yomi: あや.しい/なま.めく/わざわ.い
On-yomi: ヨウ
尦

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ゆきなや.む
On-yomi: リョウ/ホウ/チョウ
欤

final particle used express question

Meaning: final particle used express question
Kun-yomi: や/か
On-yomi: ヨ
杜

woods

Meaning: woods; grove
Kun-yomi: もり/ふさ.ぐ/やまなし
On-yomi: ト/トウ/ズ
岇

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: やまのたかい
On-yomi: ゴウ
沢

swamp

Meaning: swamp
Kun-yomi: さわ/うるお.い/うるお.す/つや
On-yomi: タク
斉

adjusted

Meaning: adjusted; alike; equal; similar variety of
Kun-yomi: そろ.う/ひと.しい/ひと.しく/あたる/はやい
On-yomi: セイ/サイ
拇

thumb

Meaning: thumb
Kun-yomi: おやゆび
On-yomi: ボ
怪

suspicious

Meaning: suspicious; mystery; apparition
Kun-yomi: あや.しい/あや.しむ
On-yomi: カイ/ケ
肥

fertilizer

Meaning: fertilizer; get fat; fertile; manure; pamper
Kun-yomi: こ.える/こえ/こ.やす/こ.やし/ふと.る
On-yomi: ヒ
佾

row or file of dancers

Meaning: row or file of dancers
Kun-yomi: やす.い/やす.んずる
On-yomi: イツ/イチ
妮

maid

Meaning: maid; servant girl; cute girl
Kun-yomi: はした.め/やわらかくまつは.る
On-yomi: ジ/ニ
京

capital

Meaning: capital; 10**16
Kun-yomi: みやこ
On-yomi: キョウ/ケイ/キン
易

easy

Meaning: easy; ready to; simple; fortune-telling; divination
Kun-yomi: やさ.しい/やす.い
On-yomi: エキ/イ
林

grove

Meaning: grove; forest
Kun-yomi: はやし
On-yomi: リン
侒

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: やす.らか
On-yomi: アン
舍

inn

Meaning: inn; hut; house; mansion
Kun-yomi: やど.る
On-yomi: セキ/シャ
侚

fast

Meaning: fast
Kun-yomi: すみ.やか/しめ.す/とな.える/ふか.い/つか.う
On-yomi: シュン
況

condition

Meaning: condition; situation
Kun-yomi: まし.て/いわ.んや/おもむき
On-yomi: キョウ
匋

pottery

Meaning: pottery
Kun-yomi: やきもの
On-yomi: トウ/ヨウ
岨

a rocky mountain

Meaning: a rocky mountain
Kun-yomi: いしやま/そば
On-yomi: ソ/ショ
矤

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: いわ.んや/は.ぐ/はぎ
On-yomi: シン
茅

miscanthus reed

Meaning: miscanthus reed
Kun-yomi: かや/ちがや
On-yomi: ボウ/ミョウ
和

harmony

Meaning: harmony; Japanese style; peace; soften; Japan
Kun-yomi: やわ.らぐ/やわ.らげる/なご.む/なご.やか
On-yomi: ワ/オ/カ
叕

concatenate

Meaning: concatenate; compose; covered in a gauze like net
Kun-yomi: と.じる/つづ.る/すみ.やか
On-yomi: テイ/テツ/テチ/ゲツ/イ
舎

cottage

Meaning: cottage; inn; hut; house; mansion
Kun-yomi: やど.る
On-yomi: シャ/セキ
弥

all the more

Meaning: all the more; increasingly
Kun-yomi: いや/や/あまねし/いよいよ/とおい/ひさし/ひさ.しい/わた.る
On-yomi: ミ/ビ
呟

mutter

Meaning: mutter; grumble; murmur
Kun-yomi: つぶや.く
On-yomi: ゲン
呤

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ささや.き
On-yomi: レイ/リョウ
呫

whisper

Meaning: whisper; lick; taste; petty
Kun-yomi: な.める/ささや.く/しゃべ.る
On-yomi: チョウ/ショウ/テン
宓

quiet

Meaning: quiet; silent; in good health
Kun-yomi: やす.らか
On-yomi: ミチ/フク/ヒツ
宖

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: やす.らか
On-yomi: コウ

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