厄
Stroke Order
Meanings
- unlucky
- misfortune
- bad luck
- disaster
On'yomi (音読み)
- ヤク
- Strokes
- 4
- JLPT Level
- N1
- Frequency
- #2227
- School Grade
- Secondary
- Radical
- 厂#27 · cliff
Components
- 卩
- 厂
Common Words
- 厄やくNounmisfortune, bad luck, evil
- 厄介やっかいna-adjectivetrouble, burden, nuisance
- 厄年やくどしNoununlucky year, critical year, year (esp. age 25 and 42 for men, 19 and 33 for women) that is considered unlucky (orig. in Onmyōdō)
- 前厄まえやくNounthe year before a critical age, the year before an inauspicious year
- 厄前やくまえNounthe year before the unlucky year
- 厄日やくびNoununlucky day, bad day, evil day
- 厄災やくさいNouncalamity, disaster, accident
- 厄神えきじんNoungod who spreads infectious diseases, god of pestilence
Practice in Kanjiru
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