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Kanji Detail for 妖 - "mysterious, monster"

妖

  • Meaning

    妖 means "mysterious, monster." Also associated with alluring.

    1. Mysterious - Strange; bewitching; something that deceives.

    2. Alluring - Charming; beautiful; bewitching.

    3. Monster - Supernatural beings; strange creatures.

    4. Calamity - Disaster; misfortune.

  • Words using 妖

    • 妖怪 ようかい Listen ghost; apparition; phantom
    • 妖精 ようせい Listen fairy; sprite; elf

  • Four-character idioms with 妖

    • 妖怪変化 ようかいへんげ Listen monstrous apparition; terrifying creature; incomprehensible horror
    • 狐狸妖怪 こりようかい Listen tricksters; deceivers; fey creatures

  • Tattoo check: 妖

    • Verified meaning: mysterious, monster
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あや, やお, よう)
    • Also carries these associations: alluring

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 妖

    Given names 妖(あや)Listen 妖(やお)Listen 妖(よう)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    attractive; bewitching; calamity

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    strange, weird, supernatural

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    goblin; witch; devil; bewitching; enchanting; monster; phantom; demon

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    strange, weird, supernatural; bewitching, enchanting, seductive

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Feminine beauty captivating people. Such as 妖嬈, 妖冶. | Strange; uncanny. Such as the colloquial 妖怪 (monster).

  • Onyomi

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    yoh(ヨウ) ヨウ

  • Kunyomi

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    aya.shii(あや-しい) あや-しい

    nama.meku(なま-めく) なま-めく

    wazawa.i(わざわ-い) わざわ-い

  • Strokes

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    7 strokes

  • Radical

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    女 (onna・onnahen)

  • Related Keywords

    mysterious alluring monster calamity supernatural bewitching enchanting eerie ghostly spooky strange otherworldly magical paranormal spectral beautiful demon spirit

Sentences including 妖

  • Do you believe in fairies?

  • Mary is an elf.

  • I acted the part of a fairy.

  • The fairy changed the prince into a cat.

  • She acted the part of a fairy.

  • She is a confirmed gossip.

  • Elves are Santa's little helpers.

  • Her footsteps were as light as a fairy's.

  • Of course there's no such thing as yokai. You're such an idiot.

  • A spectre is haunting Europe — the spectre of communism.

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