JinmeiyōJLPT N1Pre-Level 1

Meaning

Kanji 耶

question mark

question mark

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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
Onyomi 音読み
ジャ
Nanori 名乗り
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Jōyō
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JLPT
JLPT N1
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Strokes
9
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Kanji Kentei
Pre-Level 1
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Related vocabulary

Showing 17 common entries

Showing 17 of 17 entries that include this kanji.

邪馬台国

やまたいこく

Yamataikoku

耶嬢

やじょう

father and mother

耶蘇

やそ

Jesus (Christ)

耶蘇会

ヤソかい

Society of Jesus

耶蘇教

やそきょう

Christianity

耶路撒冷

エルサレム

Jerusalem

伽耶

かや

Kaya (ancient Korean confederacy)

三昧耶

さんまや

equality, warning, or riddance of hindrances (esp. in esoteric Buddhism as vows of the buddhas and bodhisattvas)

有耶無耶

うやむや

indefinite

阿頼耶識

あらやしき

alaya-vijnana (store consciousness, consciousness forming the base of all human existence)

伊邪那岐

いざなぎ

Izanagi (deity)

伊邪那美

いざなみ

Izanami (Shinto goddess)

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

古い文ではが疑問を表すことがある。

In old texts, this character can sometimes express a question.

は文末で問いかけの気持ちを添える。

This character adds a questioning nuance at the end of a sentence.

先生はが助字として使われると説明した。

The teacher explained that this character is used as an auxiliary particle.

古典ではが反語を示す場合もある。

In classical works, this character can also indicate a rhetorical question.

には詠嘆を表す用法も見られる。

This character is also used to express exclamation.