脅 – threaten, coerce

10 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1183 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 脅 means threaten, coerce. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is キョウ (kyou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is おびや.かす、おど.す、おど.かす (obiyakasu, odosu, odokasu). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 肉 (no. 130).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
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

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: 肉 (Kangxi radical 130). Components: 月・力.

Words using 脅

脅かすおどかすto threaten脅すおどすto threaten脅迫きょうはくthreat脅かすおびやかすto intimidate

Example sentences

彼女は猫を脅かして追い払った。

She scared the cat away.

Tatoeba #87596

脅かさないでよ。

Don't scare me like that!

Tatoeba #180084

彼はそれを公表すると脅した。

He threatened to make it public.

Tatoeba #112182

Kanji with the same radical

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