謡 means “song, noh chanting”

よう · you

Also: sing, ballad

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

うたい, うたう

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ヨウ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 16 strokes

The story

Words (言) beside a hand (爫) tapping a clay jar (缶): singing to a simple beat. 謡 is song, mostly the old kind: 民謡 is folk song, 童謡 is children's song, and 謡, read うたい, is the chanting of noh.

Used in 民謡 (min'you, folk song), 童謡 (douyou, children's song), and 歌謡曲 (kayoukyoku, Japanese popular song)

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