野

On'yomi

ヤ・ショ

YA / SHO

Kun'yomi

の・の-

no / no

plains · field · rustic · civilian life

nature

Details

Strokes11

Frequency#120

Radical里village(7)

Stroke Order

Strokes11

Component Breakdown

野=

里予

village + 予

Cultural Context

Etymology

Composed of village and beforehand. Land outside village.

Symbolism

Field, wild, field of study. Represents nature and domain.

Games

ブレスオブザワイルド

Breath of the Wild(2017)

Nintendo Switch

Developer: Nintendo

Open world adventuring freely in vast 'fields.'

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Words & Expressions

Four-Character Compounds

田夫野人

でんぷやじん

rustic; boor; hick; rustic

野心満々

やしんまんまん

burning with ambition; highly ambitious; burning with ambition

沃野千里

よくやせんり

vast expanse of fertile land; vast expanse of fertile land

閑雲野鶴

かんうんやかく

life in natural setting, free from worldly cares; life in natural setting, free from worldly cares

視野狭窄

しやきょうさく

narrowing of visual field; narrow-mindedness; lack of vision; narrowing of visual field

家鶏野鶩

かけいやぼく

bored by the familiar, intrigued by novelty; domestic chicken and wild duck; one's wife and one's mistress; bored by the familiar, intrigued by novelty