What is the Kanji for "Young man" and "Guy"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Young man" and "Guy", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Young man" and "Guy" is "郎".

This kanji has 1 reading:

Its onyomi reading is "Rou".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The kanji "良" means "Good" and can be read as "Yo", "I", and "Ryou". And The radical "⻏" means "Mound" .

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "郎" mean in japanese?

"郎" means "Young man" and "Guy".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Junior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N1 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

野郎: "Guy". The Japanese noun '野郎 (やろう)' means 'guy' or 'dude'. It is an informal and somewhat derogatory term used to refer to a man, often in a dismissive or condescending way. It can be used to address someone directly or to talk about a man in a disrespectful manner. For example: You're a real jerk, you know that? - (お前は本当に野郎だな). Don't be such a guy - (そんな野郎じゃあないでよ).

三郎: "Saburo". 三郎 (さぶろう)' is a common Japanese male given name. It is typically written using the kanji characters '三' (san, 'three') and '郎' (rou, 'son'). This name is often given to the third son in a family. Examples: Saburo is my brother's name - (三郎は私の弟の名前です). I met a man named Saburo at the park - (公園で三郎という男性に会いました).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "ろ" is read as "ro". And The hiragana "う" is read as "u".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.