惑
惑 — Beguile
beguile, delusion, perplexity
On’yomiワク (waku)
Kun’yomiまどう (madou)
Stroke order (12 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 惑
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 疑惑 | ぎわく giwaku | doubt; misgivings; distrust |
| 思惑 | おもわく omowaku | expectation; anticipation; prediction |
| 迷惑 | めいわく meiwaku | trouble; bother; annoyance |
| 戸惑い | とまどい tomadoi | being at sea; losing one's bearings; confusion |
| 惑星 | わくせい wakusei | planet; dark horse; surprise contender |
| 困惑 | こんわく konwaku | bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment |
Study notes
惑 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #777 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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