— guy, slave, manservant, fellow

  • JLPT N1
  • 5 strokes
  • Secondary (Jōyō)
  • Radical 女
  • #1932 most frequent

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Readings

On'yomi
Kun'yomi
やつやっこ

Example words

  • やつ(1) fellow; guy; chap (2) thing; object (3) (derogatory or familiar) he; she; him; her
  • やっこ(1) servant (esp. a samurai's attendant) (2) chivalrous man (c. Edo period) (3) cubed tofu (often served cold) (4) kite shaped like a footman (5) Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants (6) enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime) (7) he; she; him; her