危 — 6 strokes ／ Radical「卩」
道5Elementary year 6 ／ 6 strokes ／ Radical「卩」
- On
- キき · ki
- Kun
- あぶ(ない)・あや(うい)abu(nai) · aya(ui)
- Meaning
- dangerous; risk
Stroke order
Origin
A cliff with 卩 "a crouching person"; a person on the cliff's edge — hence "dangerous."
Readings and examples
| Onキきki | 危険きけん危害きがい安危あんき |
|---|---|
| Kunあぶないabunai | 危ないあぶない危ながるあぶながる |
| Kunあやういayaui | 危ういあやうい危うくあやうく |
| Kunあやぶむayabumu | 危ぶむあやぶむ |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 危険きけん
danger
- 危害きがい
harm; injury
- 危篤きとく
- 危惧きぐ
- 絶滅危惧種ぜつめつきぐしゅ
- 危殆きたい
- 危急ききゅう
- 危懼きく
Example
ここで泳ぐのは危ない。
It is dangerous to swim here.
Idioms with this kanji
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)