幽 – seclude, confine to a room, deep

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The kanji 幽 means seclude, confine to a room, deep, profound, secluded, faint, dark, tranquil. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ユウ (yuu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ふか.い、かす.か、くら.い、しろ.い (fukai, kasuka, kurai, shiroi). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 幺 (no. 52).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ユウ	yuu
Kun’yomi	ふか.い	fukai
Kun’yomi	かす.か	kasuka
Kun’yomi	くら.い	kurai
Kun’yomi	しろ.い	shiroi

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: 幺 (Kangxi radical 52). Components: ｜・凵・幺.

Words using 幽

幽霊ゆうれいghost

Example sentences

その家には幽霊が出るといわれる。

The house is said to be haunted.

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Kanji with the same radical

幼幾

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