Practice JLPT
駄
JLPT N1 Kanji

駄 — burdensome, pack horse, horse load, send by horse

  • JLPT N1
  • 14 strokes
  • Secondary (Jōyō)
  • Radical 馬
  • #1500 most frequent

Readings

On'yomi
ダタ

Example words

  • 無駄むだfutility; uselessness; pointlessness
  • 無駄遣いむだづかいwasting ... on (e.g. money); squandering; waste; frittering away
  • 駄目だめ(1) no good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken (2) hopeless; wasted; in vain; purposeless (3) cannot; must not; not allowed
  • 下駄げた(1) geta; Japanese wooden clogs (2) turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
  • 駄作ださくpoor work; rubbish