01 On-readings and words
・だん dan
・なん nan
For example,
・男子 だんし dan-shi
It means boy, man, male
This is a casual expression
・男子トイレ だんしといれ dan-shi toire
It means men's restroom, men's toilet
・男女 だんじょ dan-jo
It means both genders, man and woman
・男女関係 だんじょかんけい dan-jo kan-kei
It means relations between the sexes
・男女平等 だんじょびょうどう dan-jo byou-dou
It means gender equality
・男児 だんじ dan-ji
It means boy
Mainly children boys are called
・男性 だんせい dan-sei
It means man, male
This is a formal expression
・長男 ちょうなん chou-nan
It means first-born son
・次男 じなん ji-nan
It means second-born son
・三男 さんなん san-nan
It means third-born son
02 Kun-readings
・おとこ otoko
For example,
・男 おとこ otoko
It means man, male
・男前 おとこまえ otoko-mae
It means handsome man, good-looking man
03 Special readings
・none
04 Meaning
・man
・male
05 How to write
06 Radical
・田 ta
07 Family name
・岩男 いわお Iwao
08 Personal name
・利男 としお Toshio
・和男 かずお Kazuo
・正男 まさお Masao
09 Famous persons
・梅沢 富美男 うめざわとみお Umezawa Tomio
He is an actor
10 place
・男鹿 おが Oga
The name of a city in the Tohoku region of Northern Japan
11 similar kanji
・none
12 Characters contain 男
・甥 せい、おい sei, oi
It means nephew
・虜 りょ、とりこ ryo, toriko
It means prisoner, captive
13 Origin
This character is a Compound ideograph
It is a combination of 田 and 力
田 represents the shape of a rice paddy as seen from the sky.
力 represents the shape of a powerful arm.
It represents the workers who produce on arable land.
It represents male.
14 Words elementary level
・none
15 Words intermediate level
【だん】
・男爵 だんしゃく dan-shaku
It means baron
・男装 だんそう dan-sou
It means male attire, dressed like a man
16 Proverbs intermediate level
【おとこ】
・男が廃る おとこがすたる otoko ga suta-ru
Loss of honor and face as a man.
【だん】
・男尊女卑 だんそんじょひ dan-son jo-hi
It refers to the idea that men are precious and women are despicable.
17 Proverbs Advanced level
【おとこ】
・男は妻から おとこはめから otoko wa me kara
That a man's career and happiness depend on his wife.
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