媒
go-between, mediator

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

バイ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

なこうど

Stroke Order

12 / 12

Information

Grade:8
Strokes:12
JLPT:1
Frequency:1900

Vocabulary

バイ

WordReadingMeaning
触媒ショクバイcatalyst
媒体バイタイmedium; media
媒介バイカイmediation; agency; serving as a medium; acting as an intermediary; acting as a go-between; carrying (germs, diseases, etc.); transmission; mediation (in Hegelianism)
媒酌バイシャクmatchmaking; acting as a go-between
溶媒ヨウバイsolvent

Other

WordReadingMeaning
媒人なこうどmatchmaker; go-between; intermediary; middleman; mediator; intercessor
媒なかだちmediation; agency; agent; mediator; middleman; go-between
ニュース媒体ニュースばいたいnews media
媒鳥おとりlive decoy (for hunting); decoy; bait; lure; stool pigeon; trap
媒鳥オトリlive decoy (for hunting); decoy; bait; lure; stool pigeon; trap

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

某
a certain, one, so-and-so, that person
Grade 8JLPT 1
妹
younger sister
Grade 2JLPT 4
課
chapter, counter for chapters (of a book), department, division, lesson, section
Grade 4JLPT 2
娠
pregnancy, with child
Grade 8JLPT 1
保
guarantee, keep, preserve, protect, support, sustain
Grade 5JLPT 1
凍
congeal, frozen, refrigerate
Grade 8JLPT 2
娘
daughter, girl
Grade 8JLPT 3
軌
model, rut, track, way of doing, wheel
Grade 8JLPT 1
閑
leisure
Grade 8JLPT 1
巣
cobweb, den, hive, nest, rookery
Grade 4JLPT 1