若 : Young

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Components:

艹右

young, if, perhaps, possibly, low number, immature

On 'yomi:

ジャク(jaku) ニャク(nyaku) ニャ(nya)

Kun 'yomi:

わか.い(waka.i) わか-(wakā) も.しくわ(mo.shikuwa) も.し(mo.shi) も.しくは(mo.shikuha) ごと.し(goto.shi)

Nanori:

わく(waku) わこ(wako)

Strokes:	8
Radical:	艸 (140)
Usage Rating:	458

JLPT:	N3
old JLPT:	2
Grade:	6

Unicode:	082e5
jis208:	28-67

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若 Usage examples

瞠若たらしめる(どうじゃくたらしめる)	to strike someone dumb with astonishment
若いうち(わかいうち) 若い内(わかいうち)	period of youth, while young
若く見える(わかくみえる)	to look young, to seem young
若侍(わかざむらい)	young samurai
若竹亭(わかたけてい)	the Wakatake Variety Theater
若夫婦(わかふうふ)	young couple
若鷺(ワカサギ)	Japanese pond smelt (Hypomesus nipponensis)
若奥様(わかおくさま) 若奥さま(わかおくさま)	young wife, young married woman
杜若(カキツバタ)	rabbitear iris (Iris laevigata)
若年型糖尿病(じゃくねんがたとうにょうびょう)	juvenile onset diabetes
若くして(わかくして)	to do something young (e.g. die)
若い者頭(わかものがしら) 若者頭(わかものがしら)	functionary charged with training and organizing young wrestlers
栃若(とちわか)	Tochinishiki and Wakanohana I (dominant 1950s yokozuna)
栃若時代(とちわかじだい)	era during the 1950s dominated by grand champions Tochinishiki and Wakanohana I
若潮(わかしお)	transitional tide between spring and neap tides
若番(わかばん)	lower number, lower numbers
従容自若(しょうようじじゃく)	having presence of mind, imperturbable, calm and self-possessed, with serenity
気が若い(きがわかい)	young at heart
若気(にゃけ)	buttocks, anus
いずれ菖蒲か杜若(いずれあやめかかきつばた)	equally beautiful
若い燕(わかいツバメ) 若いツバメ(わかいツバメ)	young lover of an older woman
若年層(じゃくねんそう)	the young
若しものこと(もしものこと) 若しもの事(もしものこと)	emergency, accident, rare possibility, unexpected occurrence
若気の至り(わかげのいたり)	youthful indiscretion
若しか(もしか)	if, in case
若かず(しかず)	being best, being no match for
若者好き(わかものずき)	being popular with young people