男 = 田 + 力

男 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “man”. It is built from 田 (rice field) and 力 (power). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 923. It appears as a component in 4 other characters in this index.

Keyword: man
RTK frame: 923
Strokes: 7
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): ダン, ナン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): おとこ, お
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: male, человек
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 男 male

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

Characters that contain 男

How to find 男 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “rice field” + “power”. 男 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 男 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.