駄 — kanji meaning “burdensome”
駄
burdensome, pack horse, horse load, send by horse, trivial, worthless
- Meanings
- burdensome, pack horse, horse load, send by horse, trivial, worthless
- On'yomi
- ダ (da)、タ (ta)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1500 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 187
- Chinese reading
- tuó, duò
Words with 駄
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 無駄 | むだ muda | futility; waste; uselessness |
| 駄目 | だめ dame | no good; not serving its purpose; useless |
| 無駄遣い | むだづかい mudazukai | waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away |
| 駄菓子 | だがし dagashi | penny candy; cheap individually wrapped sweets |
| 下駄 | げた geta | geta; traditional Japanese wooden sandal |
| 駄作 | ださく dasaku | poor piece of work; rubbish; trash |
| 駄々 | だだ dada | whining (to get one's way); tantrum |
| 駄洒落 | だじゃれ dajare | feeble joke; poor joke; corny joke |
| 駄文 | だぶん dabun | poor piece of writing |
| 無駄足 | むだあし mudaashi | visit for no reason; going on a fool's errand |
| 駄々っ子 | だだっこ dadakko | unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat |
| 駄賃 | だちん dachin | reward; recompense; tip |
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