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誘 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「言」

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3Junior high level ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「言」
On
ユウゆう · yū
Kun
さそ.う・いざな.うsaso.u · izana.u
Meaning
invite; entice

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

言 "words" with 秀: to draw someone in with words — to invite, to entice.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onユウゆうyū誘惑ゆうわく誘発ゆうはつ勧誘かんゆう
Kunさそうsasō誘うさそう誘い水さそいみず

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 勧誘かんゆう

    solicitation

  • 誘導ゆうどう

    guidance

More words with this kanji

  • 誘拐ゆうかい
  • 誘うさそう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

友人(ゆうじん)を映画(えいが)に誘(さそ)った。

I invited a friend to a film.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

勧誘誘導誘勧recomm…導to gui…訂revise託entrus…詠recite該the sa…諾consen…又furthe…幽seclud…憂grieve友friend尤reason…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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