厄

Meanings

unlucky
misfortune
bad luck
disaster

Readings

やく

Strokes: 4
JLPT Level: N1
Frequency: #2227

Common Words

厄介やっかいtrouble, burden, nuisance, bother, worry
厄年やくどしunlucky year, critical year, year (esp. age 25 and 42 for men, 19 and 33 for women) that is considered unlucky (orig. in Onmyōdō)
厄災やくさいcalamity, disaster, accident
厄前やくまえthe year before the unlucky year
厄難やくなんcalamity, evil, misfortune

Practice in Kanjiru

Write 厄 by hand

災disasterN17 strokes 介jammed inN24 strokes 年yearN56 strokes 前in frontN59 strokes 難difficultN318 strokes 井wellN14 strokes

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