媒 — kanji meaning “mediator”
媒
mediator, go-between
- Meanings
- mediator, go-between
- On'yomi
- バイ (bai)
- Kun'yomi
- なこうど
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1900 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 38
- Chinese reading
- méi — Chinese character page
Words with 媒
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 媒体 | ばいたい baitai | medium; media |
| 媒介 | ばいかい baikai | mediation; agency; serving as a medium |
| 触媒 | しょくばい shokubai | catalyst |
| 冷媒 | れいばい reibai | refrigerant; coolant |
| 溶媒 | ようばい youbai | solvent |
| 媒酌 | ばいしゃく baishaku | matchmaking; acting as a go-between |
| 霊媒 | れいばい reibai | spirit medium |
| 媒酌人 | ばいしゃくにん baishakunin | matchmaker; go-between |
| 媒質 | ばいしつ baishitsu | medium (for carrying energy waves); transmission medium |
| 風媒花 | ふうばいか fuubaika | wind-pollinated flower |
| 虫媒花 | ちゅうばいか chuubaika | entomophilous flower |
| 媒染 | ばいせん baisen | color fixing; colour fixing; mordantizing |
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