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Cliff Radical Unlucky 厄 ヤク Misfortune Bad Luck

Kanji
Onyomi ヤク
English unlucky, misfortune, bad luck, disaster
Examples 厄介(やっかい): (1) trouble; burden; nuisance; bother; worry (2) care; dependence; support; kindness; obligation; staying (with a person)
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 2123
Components 厂: wild goose; trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
卩: seal radical (no. 26)
Number of Strokes 4
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 27
Radical Strokes 2
Radical Reading がんだれ
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword unlucky
Koohii Story 1 Seeing some finger prints at the edge of a cliff, I wondered who that unlucky person was.
Koohii Story 2 Sherlock Holmes is very unlucky: he just fell off a cliff while he was looking around for fingerprints.

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq2001-2500

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