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邪

wicked
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingジャ
Kun readingよこし.ま
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. wickedRtK
    今の、ゼッタイなんか邪なこと考えてたでしょ。I just bet you were thinking something perverse just now.tatoeba
    他の見物の邪魔になるからである。Shouts from the anterior seats disturb other members of the audience.wiki
  2. injustice
  3. wrong
  1. evil
  2. bad

Popular Usage

風邪邪魔お邪魔します

Radicals and components

Radical邑city
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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tusk · city walls

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2055

Compound words

風邪かぜ
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
邪魔じゃま
hindrance; obstacle; nuisance; disturbance; interruption
邪淫じゃいん
lewdness
お邪魔しますおじゃまします
please excuse the intrusion; I'm coming in
邪道じゃどう
improper way (of doing); wrong way; unorthodox method; evil course; evil path
無邪気むじゃき
innocent; simple-minded
風邪薬かぜぐすり
remedy for a cold; cold medicine
風邪をひくかぜをひく
to catch a cold
邪まよこしま
wicked
邪悪じゃあく
wicked
邪鬼じゃき
devil
邪教じゃきょう
heretical religion
邪険じゃけん
cruel
邪宗じゃしゅう
heresy
邪推じゃすい
distrust
邪慳じゃけん
cruel
邪魔者じゃまもの
obstacle
邪婬戒じゃいんかい
precept of marital chastity and sexual restraint
摧邪輪ざいじゃりん
Tract for Destroying Heretical Views (Buddhist treatise by Myoe, ca. 1212 CE)
淫祠邪教いんしじゃきょう
evil heresies
邪魔臭いじゃまくさい
troublesome
天之邪鬼あまのじゃく
perversity
破邪顕正はじゃけんしょう
(sense of) crushing evil and spreading the truth
奸佞邪知かんねいじゃち
wiles and cunning

Additional Examples

彼は風邪を引いたらしい。
He seems to have caught a cold.tatoeba
彼は風邪をひきやすい。
He is apt to catch cold.tatoeba
彼は風邪をひいているのでしょうね。
I should say he has caught cold.tatoeba
他の見物の邪魔になるからである。
Shouts from the anterior seats disturb other members of the audience.wiki
髪型も活動の邪魔になるので古式の垂髪ではない。
The hairstyle is not the old-fashioned taregami, because the hair would interfere with the activities.wiki

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 邪

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step