惑 – beguile, delusion, perplexity

12 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#777 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 惑 means beguile, delusion, perplexity. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ワク (waku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is まど.う (madou). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 心 (no. 61).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ワク	waku
Kun’yomi	まど.う	madou

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 心 (Kangxi radical 61). Components: 口・心・戈.

Words using 惑

迷惑めいわくtrouble疑惑ぎわくdoubt惑星わくせいplanet誘惑ゆうわくtemptation

Example sentences

迷惑にならないようにしなさい。

Never make a nuisance of yourself.

Tatoeba #80226

この種の事件はよく疑惑を生む。

Events of that type generally arouse suspicion.

Tatoeba #221282

他の惑星には生命が存在するのですか。

Is there life on other planets?

Tatoeba #138574

Kanji with the same radical

意性思心感情必応急態想念悪憲愛患

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