夭
Stroke order
Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Meaning (Japanese)
- わかい、おさない、みずみずしい。
- 若死にする。
Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.
Origin of the character
指事。「大」(人の形)の中央部分に点を記し、腰を指し示したもの。「こし」を意味する漢語{腰}を表す字。のち仮借して若くして死ぬことを意味する漢語{夭}に用いる。
Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.
Meaning
early death, calamity
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- On (Sino-Japanese)
- ヨウ
- オウ
- カ
- Kun (native)
- わか(い)
- わかじに
- わざわい
- Other languages
- 拼音yao3
- 拼音yao1
- 한글yo
- 한글o
- Hán-ViệtYêu
- Hán-ViệtYểu
Basics
- Strokes
- 4 strokes
- Radical
- 女(おんな)
- JIS level
- Level 2
- Unicode
U+592D
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱丿大
Words using this kanji
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
Lookup codes
- SKIP
4-4-4- Four Corner
2043.0- Spahn–Hadamitzky
0a4.22- Nelson
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