媒
mediator, go-between
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Stroke Order
12 / 12
Information
Vocabulary
バイ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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
so-and-so, one, a certain, that person
Grade 8JLPT 1
妹
younger sister
Grade 2JLPT 4
課
chapter, lesson, section, department, division, counter for chapters (of a book)
Grade 4JLPT 2
娠
with child, pregnancy
Grade 8JLPT 1
保
protect, guarantee, keep, preserve, sustain, support
Grade 5JLPT 1
凍
frozen, congeal, refrigerate
Grade 8JLPT 2
娘
daughter, girl
Grade 8JLPT 3
軌
rut, wheel, track, model, way of doing
Grade 8JLPT 1
閑
leisure
Grade 8JLPT 1
巣
nest, rookery, hive, cobweb, den
Grade 4JLPT 1