男

男

Meanings: man, male, men On Readings: ダン dan, ナン nan Kun Readings: おとこ otoko Most Used Pronunciation: otoko JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 1 Kanji Part: 田 Stroke Number: 7

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Common jukugo
男女 - だん　じょ dan jo - men and women
男らしい - おとこ　らしい otoko rashii - manly, like a man
雪男 - ゆき　おとこ yuki otoko - the abominable snowman
男の子 - おとこ　の　こ otoko no ko - boy

Useful Examples
Japanese: 彼はいい男ですね。
Romaji: kare wa ii otoko desu ne.
English: He is a good looking man.

Japanese: 彼は経済観念のない男だ。
Romaji: kare wa keizai kannen no nai otoko da.
Literal: him as-for economic idea of not man is
English: He is a man with no financial sense.

Japanese: 新聞によると男はついに自白したそうだ。
Romaji: shinbun ni yoru to otoko wa tsui ni jihaku shitasou da.
English: According to the papers, the man has finally confessed.

Japanese: あの男は自分の名前さえ書けない。
Romaji: ano otoko wa jibun no namae sae kakenai.
English: That man can not so much as write his name.

Japanese: その男の子はたちまち皿をからっぽにした。
Romaji: sono otoko no ko wa tachimachi sara o karappo ni shita.
English: The boy had the dish empty in a moment.

Look alike kanji
勇 A brave man wears a hat

Notes/Mnemonic
The top part 田 means 'rice field' & 力 means 'power.' So a powerful man works in the rice field. [You haven't learned those 2 kanji yet, but I just wanted to show that most kanji are made of other kanji parts]

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Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.