# 男 — Man

Frequency rank 132 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Common in published Japanese. A handful of these and real text starts to open.

More common than 機 (Machine), less common than 味 (Flavor).

- On’yomi: だん、なん
- Kun’yomi: おとこ
- Radical: 田 Field (Kangxi 102)
- Frequency path: Level II of XX
- School grade: 1
- Strokes: 7

One bent arm hauls the plough clear of the paddy mud with the tendons standing out like bridge cable, and every leech on the dike leaves his calves for the heavy pair swinging between his thighs, the half of him that makes a Man.

In words:

- 男 おとこ — man
- 男の子 おとこのこ — boy
- 男性 だんせい — male

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