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厄

Misfortune
Stroke count: 4

Readings

On readingヤク
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8Level 35

Meanings

  1. misfortune
  2. bad luck
  3. disaster
  4. unluckyRtK
  1. evil
  2. unlucky year

Synonyms

厄年

Homonyms

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Same reading (やく)
焼く · to burn役 · role約 · approximately

Radicals and components

Radical厂cliff
Components
How it's built
厄
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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cliff (厂) · fingerprint

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1519

Compound words

諳厄利亜アンゲリア
United Kingdom
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); bad year; annus horribilis
苦厄くやく
hardship and misfortune
後厄あとやく
year after the unlucky year
災厄さいやく
calamity
前厄まえやく
the year before a critical age
大厄たいやく
major unlucky year
本厄ほんやく
critical unlucky year
厄運やくうん
bad luck, misfortune
厄前やくまえ
year before the unlucky year
荷厄介にやっかい
encumbrance
厄瓜多エクアドル
Ecuador
厄介事やっかいごと
troublesome matter
厄介者やっかいもの
burden
厄病神やくびょうがみ
god of pestilence
厄祓いやくばらい
exorcism
厄介ごとやっかいごと
troublesome matter
厄介ものやっかいもの
burden

Additional Examples

独裁者はその厄介な状況に対処しようとしたが、どうにもならなかった。
The autocrat strove in vain to deal with the awkward situation.tatoeba
少年は厄介者扱いをされて憤慨した。
The boy was fed up with being treated as a burden.tatoeba
次から次へと厄介なことがある。
I am having trouble with one thing after another.tatoeba
厄介なのは最初の一歩だ。
It is the first step which is troublesome.tatoeba

Stroke Order

4 strokes

Misfortune. 厂 (cliff) + 卩 (kneeling person) — someone stuck under a cliff. 厄年 — unlucky age.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 厄

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