Kanken 1
妁

Meaning

Kanji 妁

go-between

go-between

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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
なこうど
Onyomi 音読み
シャク
Nanori 名乗り
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Jōyō
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JLPT
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Frequency
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Strokes
6
Radical
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Components
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Kanji Kentei
Level 1
Similar Kanji
的 • 約 • 芍 • 扚 • 圴 • 勺 • 仢

Related vocabulary

2 common entries

Showing 2 of 2 entries that include this kanji.

媒酌

ばいしゃく

matchmaking

媒酌人

ばいしゃくにん

matchmaker

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

彼は村で有名な媒妁だった。

He used to be a well-known matchmaker in that village.

二人は媒妁の紹介で知り合った。

The two met through a matchmaker's introduction.

昔は媒妁を立てて結婚することが多かった。

In the past, many people married with the help of a matchmaker.

両家は媒妁を通して話を進めた。

The two families moved the talks forward through a marriage intermediary.

媒妁なしの結婚も今では珍しくない。

Marriage without a matchmaker is no longer unusual now.