わ
倭
こう
寇

noun

Messages.hist. Name orig. used in China and Korea.
  1. wokou, wakō, Japanese pirates who raided the Chinese and Korean coastlines between the 13th and 16th centuries.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
わ
倭
こう
寇
 倭寇 わこう
わ
和
こう
寇
 和寇 わこう
わ
倭
こう
冦
 倭冦 わこう
わ
和
こう
冦
 和冦 わこう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

Yamato, ancient Japan
やまと　ワ　イ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
human radical (no. 9)
committee, entrust to, leave to
イ　ゆだ.ねる　まかせ (3rd, N2)
two-branch tree radical (no. 115)
カ　いね (Kentei Pre-1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)
woman, female
ジョ　おんな　め (1st, N5)
bandits, thieves, enemy
コウ　あだ.する (Kentei 1)
shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)
ベン　メン (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
beginning, former time, origin
ゲン　もと　ガン (2nd, N4)
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ　ふた　ふだ (1st, N5)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン　ニン　がい (Kentei 1)
strike, hit, folding chair radical (no. 66)
ホク (Kentei 1)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク　うらな.う　うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また　ユウ　やす (8th, N1)