7 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

attractive, bewitching, calamity

Kun'yomi
  • mysterious
  • なまめく
  • わざわ
On'yomi
  • ヨウ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ヨウ 99.6%
あやしい 0.4%

Character Breakdown

attractive, bewitching, calamity
ヨウ あや.しい なま.めく (11th)
woman, female
ジョ おんな め (1st, N5)
early death, calamity
ヨウ オウ カ (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
large, big
ダイ おお- た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)

Common Words

older employee who does not have much actual work
ghostly air
bewitched sword
fox with supernatural powers
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References

Unicode hex code 5996
JIS X 0208 1-45-37
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1198
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1190
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 282
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 212
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2078
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 458
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 1888
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 6086
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1884
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3e4.4
Four corner code 4243.4