邪 – wicked, injustice, wrong

8 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1612 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 邪 means wicked, injustice, wrong. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ジャ (ja); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is よこし.ま (yokoshima). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 邑 (no. 163).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ジャ	ja
Kun’yomi	よこし.ま	yokoshima

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: 邑 (Kangxi radical 163). Components: 牙・邦.

Words using 邪

風邪かぜ(common) cold邪魔じゃまhindranceお邪魔しますおじゃましますplease excuse the intrusion無邪気むじゃきinnocent

Example sentences

ただの風邪でしょう。

You probably just have a cold.

Tatoeba #203635

お邪魔じゃないでしょうか。

I hope I'm not disturbing you.

Tatoeba #227088

彼女は無邪気を装った。

She put on an air of innocence.

Tatoeba #86586

Kanji with the same radical

部都邦邸郵郡郷郊那

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