字 Kanji Decipher

Meaning & readings

plains, field, rustic, civilian life

On’yomi ヤ、ショ
Kun’yomi の、の-
Nanori ずけ、つけ、ぬ

Origin

The left component 里 refers to land and villages, which makes sense for a character about fields and plains. The right component 予 is a sound hint that tells you roughly how to pronounce the character, not what it means. Together, 里 (land) combined with a sound marker 予 creates 野, a character for open land and fields — the kind of rustic, uncultivated plains you'd find outside settlements.

野 11 strokes

Components

  • 里 radical left
  • 予 sound hint right

A sound hint component points at the character’s pronunciation, not its meaning — don’t read a meaning into it.

Common words

  • 下野 げや resigning from (public) office
  • 外野 がいや outfield
  • 原野 げんや waste land; wilderness
  • 視野 しや field of vision; view
  • 粗野 そや rustic; rude
  • 内野 ないや infield; diamond
  • 分野 ぶんや field; sphere
  • 平野 へいや plain; open field

Related kanji

Same sound component 予
Same radical

Reference

Strokes
11
Kangxi radical
166
Formation type
Phono-semantic (meaning + sound hint)
Grade
Grade 2 (Kyōiku)
Frequency rank
#120 (newspapers)
Former JLPT
level 3
Unicode
U+091CE