猥 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

obscene

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ワイ
Kun (native)
  • みだ(ら)
  • みだり(に)
Other languages
  • 拼音wei3
  • 한글oe
  • Hán-ViệtỔi

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
犬(いぬ)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+7325

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰犭畏

Words using this kanji

  • 猥雑わいざつ入り乱れること。 品がなくごたごたしていること。vulgar, indecent, crude, sordid
  • 猥談わいだん性的でみだらな話。indecent talk, obscene talk, lewd conversation, dirty story
  • 猥本わいほん興味本位の猥褻な内容を記した書物。淫本。pornography, obscene book
  • 猥褻わいせつ性的に淫らなこと。そのようなさま。徒らに性慾を興奮又は刺激せしめ且つ普通人の正常な性的羞恥心を害し善良な性的道義観念に反するもの(最高裁判所昭和26年5月10日第一小法廷判決)。obscene, indecent, dirty, improper
  • 猥言わいげんdirty word
  • 猥語わいごdirty word
  • 猥歌わいか猥褻な内容の歌。bawdy song, lewd song, obscene song

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(9 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-9
Four Corner
4623.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3g9.2
Heisig
2425
Nelson
2898