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N1 7 strokes

attractive, bewitching, calamity · yêu quái, ma mị, quyến rũ

訓 あや(しい),なま(めく),わざわ(い) ・ 音 ヨウ

Sino-Vietnamese: yêu

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The woman radical 女 gives the meaning and 夭 (yao) gives the sound: a woman so bewitching she seems supernatural, like a yêu quái (demon).

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Sino-Vietnamese
yêu
On'yomi
ヨウ
Kun'yomi
あや(しい),なま(めく),わざわ(い)
Strokes
7
JLPT
N1

On'yomi

ヨウ

Kun'yomi

あや(しい),なま(めく),わざわ(い)
Sino-Vietnamese: yêu

Stroke order

Practice writing

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Radical

Woman
3 strokes

Example sentences

森には妖気が漂っていた。 (もりにはようきがただよっていた)

An eerie atmosphere hung over the forest.