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幽

seclude
Stroke count: 9

Readings

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Kun readingふか.い、かす.か、くら.い、しろ.い
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. seclude
    彼はまるで幽霊を見たような顔つきをしていた。He looked as if he had seen a ghost.tatoeba
    突然幽霊は消えた。The ghost vanished suddenly.tatoeba
  2. confine to a room
  3. deep
  4. profound
  5. secluded
  6. faintRtK
  7. dark
  8. tranquil
  1. confinement
  2. imprisonment
  3. incarceration

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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seclude · cocoon · mountain (山)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1480

Compound words

幽閉ゆうへい
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
幽寂ゆうじゃく
quiet
幽霊ゆうれい
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
幽すゆうす
to confine to a room
幽暗ゆうあん
gloom
幽闇ゆうあん
gloom
幽雅ゆうが
profound elegance
幽界ゆうかい
hades
幽閑ゆうかん
quiet and secluded
幽鬼ゆうき
ghost
幽客ゆうかく
orchid
幽居ゆうきょ
hermitage
幽境ゆうきょう
solitude
幽囚ゆうしゅう
imprisonment
幽愁ゆうしゅう
melancholy
幽栖ゆうせい
living a quiet life in seclusion away from the masses
幽婉ゆうえん
modest and beautiful
幽邃ゆうすい
retired and quiet
幽篁ゆうこう
deep and quiet bamboo grove
幽邃境ゆうすいきょう
secluded place
幽門狭窄ゆうもんきょうさく
pyloric stenosis

Additional Examples

伝説によれば、その森には幽霊が出たので、誰も足を踏み入れようとしなかったそうだ。
According to legend, ghosts would appear in that forest, so people would not set foot there.tatoeba
真夜中は幽霊がうろつく時刻だと考えられている。
Midnight is when ghosts are thought to walk the earth.tatoeba

Stroke Order

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Practice Writing

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