Question

邪 よこし.ま 風邪(かぜ): cold (illness); common cold邪魔(じゃま): hindrance; intrusion無邪気(むじゃき): innocence; simple-mindednessお邪魔します(おじゃまします): (1) excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you (2) greeting used on going to someone's home S 牙: tusk; fang; tusk radical (no. 92)邑: village; rural community; right village radical (no. 163) 邑 7 (none) wicked As everyone knows, rhinoceroses and elephants are often killed for the value of their TUSKS. Here we see a WICKED city mayor who has had countless elephants killed just to make his CITY WALLS out of TUSKS.

Accepted Answer

ジャ wicked, injustice, wrong 1 1612 8 163 むら・おおざと・おおざとづくり・ゆう 形声 Phonetic The wicked queen builds her city walls out of menacing tusks.

Kanji	邪
Onyomi	ジャ
Kunyomi	よこし.ま
English	wicked, injustice, wrong
Examples	風邪(かぜ): cold (illness); common cold 邪魔(じゃま): hindrance; intrusion 無邪気(むじゃき): innocence; simple-mindedness お邪魔します(おじゃまします): (1) excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you (2) greeting used on going to someone's home
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	1612
Components	牙: tusk; fang; tusk radical (no. 92) 邑: village; rural community; right village radical (no. 163)
Number of Strokes	8
Kanji Radical	邑
Radical Number	163
Radical Strokes	7
Radical Reading	むら・おおざと・おおざとづくり・ゆう
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	wicked
Koohii Story 1	The wicked queen builds her city walls out of menacing tusks.
Koohii Story 2	As everyone knows, rhinoceroses and elephants are often killed for the value of their TUSKS. Here we see a WICKED city mayor who has had countless elephants killed just to make his CITY WALLS out of TUSKS.

Wicked City Tusks Cold Radical Walls Elephants Killed