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豆 means 'bean'
Common readings
On
トウ ズ
Additional readings
Name ど ま
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From edamame to natto to tofu, Japan abounds in bean dishes. Learn about the most popular beans in Japan (unexpectedly named 小豆 and 大豆!), one of which is even popular with foxes! Find out which piece of furniture 豆 used to represent, as well as alternate meanings of 豆. Also discover its role as a radical in kanji such as 豊 (790: plentiful). Finally, learn a Japanese insult that involves tofu!
Essay 1640 on 豆 (bean; "bean" radical) covers this radical, which can fill our heads (頭: 186) with abundant (豊: 790) happiness (喜: 450). Incidentally, when it comes to Jōyō kanji, 豆 is the on-duty radical only in 豊, as well as in 豆 itself.
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 豆 is used 4 times, read 3 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 豆 is used 123 times, read 3 ways (with 1 variation). 1 word uses a non-standard reading.
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トウ
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トウ
(read as どう)
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noun
freeze-dried tofu(click the word to view an additional 1 reading, examples and links)
ズ
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noun
soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy(click the word to view an additional 2 forms, examples and links)
まめ
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Part of a non-standard reading: 1 word.
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noun
adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)(click the word to view an additional 1 reading and 2 forms, examples and links)
An additional 31 less common words include 豆 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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