部
Components

巴 means 'comma'

Animation / stroke order not available.
CHALLENGE
DRAW
MATCH
KEYWORDS
LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
Strokes : 4    Frequency: 2638   Usefulness: 6    Study set: 6-6    Grade: 9   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 16 words   Used in 37 words   Used in 263 names   Component in 57 kanji (5 Jōyō)
Jinmeiyō (人名用)
Common readings
Kun
   ともえ comma shape, shape of magatama
Additional readings
On    ハ
Kun    うずまき
Name    とも
Notes
Magatama is 勾 (capture)玉 (jewel). Often used as phonetic character for ば, ばー, ぱ etc.
Components
己 self  
Explore these components visually on The Kanji Map ⇗
See also
巳 sign of the snake  色 color  
Mastery
LOG IN to view kanji mastery data
Flashcards
LOG IN to view your flashcards
Most useful words by reading
巴 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 巴 is used 24 times, read 2 ways (with 3 variations).
Showing:
ハ (read as ぱ) : 7 words FIND ALL
り ん ぱ せ ん 0
noun
lymph gland; lymphatic gland; lymph node
(click the word to view an additional 1 form, examples and links)
ハ (read as ば) : 4 words FIND ALL
ば た ん 0
noun
cockatoo
(click the word to view an additional 1 form, examples and links)
ハ : 3 words FIND ALL
noun
uneducated bumpkin; resident of ancient Sichuan
(click the word for examples and links)
ともえ : 6 words FIND ALL
と も え 0
noun
huge comma design
(click the word to view an additional 2 forms, examples and links)
ともえ (read as どもえ) : 4 words FIND ALL
み つ ど も え 0 み つ ど も え 3
noun
1. 3 fat-comma shapes arranged to form a circle
2. 3-way struggle (wrestling, etc.)  (abbreviation)
(click the word for examples and links)
An additional ともえ less common words include 巴 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Quick links
QUICK SEARCH WORD SEARCH KANJI SEARCH COMPONENT SEARCH Find kanji that refer to 巴
More information
Wiktionary ⇗ | Unicode.org ⇗ | Google Japan ⇗ | Hanziyuan etymology ⇗

Cascading kanji view

巴
ともえ comma shape, shape of magatama   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
己
コ   キ   おのれ self   
Problem with this kanji? Question or comment? Please CONTACT US.
Kanshudo is your AI Japanese tutor, and your constant companion on the road to mastery of the Japanese language. To get started learning Japanese, just follow the study recommendations on your Dashboard. You can use Quick search (accessible using the icon at the top of every page) to look up any Japanese word, kanji or grammar point, as well as to find anything on Kanshudo quickly. For an overview, take the tour.
Search results include information from a variety of sources, including Kanshudo (kanji mnemonics, kanji readings, kanji components, vocab and name frequency data, grammar points, examples), JMdict (vocabulary), Tatoeba (examples), Enamdict (names), KanjiVG (kanji animations and stroke order), and Joy o' Kanji (kanji and radical synopses). Translations provided by Google's Neural Machine Translation engine. For more information see credits.
×