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夭 Kanji meaning "early death, calamity"

Jiten frequency #3582Kanken Level 1TMW Immortal Idol4 strokes

Meanings

early death, calamity

On'yomi

ヨウオウカ

Kun'yomi

わか.いわかじにわざわい

Composed of

丿katakana no radical (no. 4)
大largeradical

Components and stroke order from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Kanji containing 夭(17)

笑
橋
添
妖
呑
嬌
吞
矯
驕
蕎
沃
喬
僑
忝
飫
轎
殀

Reading usage

夭(よう)折(せつ)premature death#90244夭(よう)逝(せい)premature death#118300夭(よう)死(し)premature death#235224中(ちゅう)夭(よう)dying young#406115天(てん)変(ぺん)地(ち)夭(よう)natural disaster#476568夭一(よういち)Yōichi#476568

Most common words using this kanji

夭(よう)折(せつ)premature death#90244夭(よう)逝(せい)premature death#118300夭(よう)死(し)premature death#235224中(ちゅう)夭(よう)dying young#406115夭刀(かとう)Katou#476568夭一(よういち)Yōichi#476568天(てん)変(ぺん)地(ち)夭(よう)natural disaster#476568
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