脅
脅 — Threaten
threaten, coerce
On’yomiキョウ (kyou)
Kun’yomiおびやかす (obiyakasu)
Kun’yomiおどす (odosu)
Kun’yomiおどかす (odokasu)
Stroke order (10 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 脅
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 脅威 | きょうい kyoui | threat; menace |
| 脅迫 | きょうはく kyouhaku | threat; menace; coercion |
| 脅し | おどし odoshi | threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.) |
| 脅かす | おどかす odokasu | to threaten; to menace; to intimidate |
| 脅す | おどす odosu | to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing) |
| 脅かす | おびやかす obiyakasu | to intimidate; to frighten; to scare |
Study notes
脅 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 10 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1183 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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