厄

unlucky

Stroke count: 4

Readings

On readingヤク

misfortune
bad luck
evil
disaster
unlucky year

Radicals and components

Radical厂cliffComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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cliff (厂) · fingerprint

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

Compound 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); bad year; annus horribilis

Stroke Order

4 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 厄

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