Onyomi: ショ, ヤ · Kunyomi: の, の- · Meanings: civilian life, field, plains, rustic
Kanji for civilian life, field, plains, rustic
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The kanji 野 combines the “field” radical (里) with the “component for direction or open space,” symbolizing open fields and plains. In ancient times, it represented uncultivated land, wide spaces, or the countryside. 野 came to mean field, plain, or wilderness, capturing the sense of open nature and natural surroundings.
Open fields and land — 野 means field, plain, or countryside.
Imagine walking through wide open fields under the sky — that’s 野, the kanji for fields and the countryside.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 野 | の | plain, field | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 野菜 | やさい | vegetable | common JLPT-N5 Noun |
| 野党 | やとう | opposition party, the opposition | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 野心 | やしん | ambition, aspiration | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 野生 | やせい | wild | common JLPT-N1 Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 野外 | やがい | outdoors, outside, open air | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 野球 | やきゅう | baseball | common Noun |
| 野蛮 | やばん | savage, barbarous, barbaric, uncivilized, uncivilised | common Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun |
| 野暮 | やぼ | boorish, unsophisticated, unrefined, uncouth, tasteless, insensitive, thoughtless, dumb | common Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun |
| 野原 | のはら | field, plain, prairie, moor | common Noun |