也

也 is a Japanese kanji written with 3 strokes, listed here under the keyword “est”. It is treated as a basic building block: it is not broken down any further here. In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2236. It appears as a component in 6 other characters in this index.

Keyword: est
RTK frame: 2236
Strokes: 3
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): ヤ, エ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): なり, か, また
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: to be (classical), scorpion, alligator
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 也 also

Decomposition

No decomposition is listed: this shape is used whole.

Characters that contain 也

地 ground
池 pond
他 other
施 alms
弛 loosen
馳 rush

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