男 (おとこ · おとこのこ · だんし)

Etymology

Traditionally males (男) were the people who plowed (力) the fields (田).

Components

• 田
• 力 — Depicts a plow.

Example sentences

1. ゲス男。 — Jerk.
2. 男になれよ。 — Be a man.
3. トムは男前だ。 — Tom is a handsome man.
4. トムは雨男だ。 — Every time Tom shows up, it rains.
5. 男が三人いた。 — There were three men.

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