駄

useless; burdensome; pack horse; horse load; send by horse; trivial; worthless

14 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1500.

Readings

• ダ (on reading): 無駄 (むだ) futility; 駄目 (だめ) no good
• タ (on reading): 下駄 (げた) geta; 下駄箱 (げたばこ) shoe rack (at an entrance)

Components

• 馬
• 太
• 丶 radical dot
• 大 radical big
• ⺣ radical fire, bottom form of 火
• 馬 radical horse

Words using 駄

• 無駄 (むだ) futility
• 駄目 (だめ) no good
• 無駄遣い (むだづかい) waste (of money, time, etc.)
• 駄菓子 (だがし) penny candy
• 駄々 (だだ) whining (to get one's way)
• 下駄 (げた) geta
• 下駄箱 (げたばこ) shoe rack (at an entrance)
• 雪駄 (せった) leather-soled sandals (geta)
• 高下駄 (たかげた) tall wooden clogs
• 下駄履き (げたばき) wearing wooden clogs

89 words in all.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists