幽
幽 — Seclude
seclude, confine to a room, deep, profound, secluded, faint
On’yomiユウ (yuu)
Kun’yomiふかい (fukai)
Kun’yomiかすか (kasuka)
Kun’yomiくらい (kurai)
Kun’yomiしろい (shiroi)
Stroke order (9 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 幽
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 幽霊 | ゆうれい yuurei | ghost; specter; spectre |
| 幽閉 | ゆうへい yuuhei | confinement; imprisonment; incarceration |
Study notes
幽 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 9 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1996 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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