厄
bad luck, disaster, misfortune, unlucky
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Stroke Order
4 / 4
Information
Grade:8
Strokes:4
JLPT:1
Frequency:2123
Vocabulary
ヤク
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 災厄 | サイヤク | calamity; disaster; accident |
| 厄災 | ヤクサイ | calamity; disaster; accident |
| 厄難 | ヤクナン | calamity; evil; misfortune |
| 大厄 | タイヤク | calamity; disaster; great misfortune; grand climacteric |
| 苦厄 | クヤク | hardship and misfortune |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 厄介 | やっかい | trouble; burden; nuisance; bother; worry; care; dependence; support; kindness; obligation; staying (with a person) |
| 厄 | やく | misfortune; bad luck; evil; disaster; unlucky year; critical year; year (esp. age 25 and 42 for men, 19 and 33 for women) that is considered unlucky |
| 厄年 | やくどし | unlucky year; critical year; year (esp. age 25 and 42 for men, 19 and 33 for women) that is considered unlucky (orig. in Onmyōdō); bad year; annus horribilis |
| 厄瓜多 | エクアドル | Ecuador |
| 厄病神 | やくびょうがみ | god of pestilence; god who spreads infectious diseases; jinx; hoodoo; pest; odious person; plague; angel of death |
Visually Similar Kanji
These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
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犯
crime, offense, sin
Grade 5JLPT 3
切
be sharp, cut, cutoff
Grade 2JLPT 4
勺
dip, ladle, one tenth of a go
Grade 9JLPT 1
太
big around, plump, thick
Grade 2JLPT 3
犬
dog
Grade 1JLPT 4
匹
counter for small animals, equal, head, roll of cloth
Grade 8JLPT 2
区
district, ward
Grade 3JLPT 2
大
big, large
Grade 1JLPT 5
友
friend
Grade 2JLPT 5