愚 – foolish, folly, absurdity

13 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1551 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 愚 means foolish, folly, absurdity, stupid. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is グ (gu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is おろ.か (oroka). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 心 (no. 61).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	グ	gu
Kun’yomi	おろ.か	oroka

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: 心・田・冂・厶・禹.

Words using 愚

愚かおろかfoolish愚痴ぐちidle complaint

Example sentences

そんな愚かなことを言うな。

Do not say such foolish things.

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Kanji with the same radical

意性思心感情必応急態想念悪憲愛惑

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