奴

guy; slave; manservant; fellow

5 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1932.

Readings

• ド (on reading): 奴隷 (どれい) slave; 奴隷制 (どれいせい) (system of) slavery
• やっこ (kun reading): 冷奴 (ひややっこ) cold tofu (served with condiments); 旗本奴 (はたもとやっこ) hatamoto-yakko
• やつ (kun reading): 奴ら (やつら) they; 奴め (やつめ) fellow
• Read as a whole word: 奴国 (なのくに) Country of Na (a country that existed within Japan during the Yayoi period); 戯奴 (わけ) I

Components

• 女
• 又
• 又 radical again; right hand
• 女 radical woman

Kanji containing 奴

• 努 toil
• 怒 angry
• 呶 noisy
• 孥 child
• 帑 money repository
• 弩 bow (arrow)
• 拏 catch
• 駑 slow horse

Words using 奴

• 奴隷 (どれい) slave
• 奴隷制 (どれいせい) (system of) slavery
• 匈奴 (きょうど) Xiongnu (ancient Central Asian nomadic people associated with the Huns)
• 奴隷貿易 (どれいぼうえき) slave trade
• 農奴 (のうど) serf
• 冷奴 (ひややっこ) cold tofu (served with condiments)
• 旗本奴 (はたもとやっこ) hatamoto-yakko
• 町奴 (まちやっこ) machi-yakko
• 奴凧 (やっこだこ) kite shaped like an Edo-period footman
• 奴豆腐 (やっこどうふ) cubed tofu (often served cold)
• 奴ら (やつら) they
• 奴め (やつめ) fellow
• 奴原 (やつばら) they
• 懲りない奴 (こりないやつ) person (generally male) who won't learn their lesson
• 人の恋路を邪魔する奴は馬に蹴られて死んじまえ (ひとのこいじをじゃまするやつはうまにけられてしんじまえ) one will inevitably suffer the consequences for interfering in a couple's relationship
• 奴国 (なのくに) Country of Na (a country that existed within Japan during the Yayoi period)
• 戯奴 (わけ) I
• 奴婢 (ぬひ) slaves (lowest class in the ritsuryō system)
• 奴僕 (ぬぼく) manservant
• 官奴婢 (かんぬひ) government-owned slave
• 私奴婢 (しぬひ) privately owned slave
• 公奴婢 (くぬひ) government-owned slave

55 words in all.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists