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厄 — 4 strokes ／ Radical「厂」

道
準2High school level ／ 4 strokes ／ Radical「厂」
On
ヤクやく · yaku
Kun
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Meaning
misfortune; bad luck

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A figure crouching under a cliff: trouble coming down on a person.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onヤクやくyaku厄やく厄年やくどし災厄さいやく

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 厄年やくどし

    unlucky year

  • 災厄さいやく

    calamity

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

今年(ことし)は厄年(やくどし)だから気(き)をつけている。

This is an unlucky year for me, so I am being careful.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 厂Map of reading ヤクAll maps

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