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Mouth Floor Beguile 惑 ワク まど.う Delusion Perplexity

Kanji
Onyomi ワク
Kunyomi まど.う
English beguile, delusion, perplexity
Examples 迷惑(めいわく): trouble; bother; annoyance
誘惑(ゆうわく): temptation; allurement; lure; seduction
疑惑(ぎわく): doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
惑星(わくせい): planet
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 777
Components 或: some; one; or; possibly; a certain
心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61)
Number of Strokes 12
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 61
Radical Strokes 4
Radical Reading こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword beguile
Koohii Story 1 She was beguiled/mislead by his charm: at the party he kissed her on the mouth, they did it on the floor and thus he stole her heart. Poor girl!
Koohii Story 2 The same cowboy from frame # 356 (elements mouth, floor and fiesta), kisses the floor with his mouth, once again, before going to the fiesta. There, he uses his good looks to beguile women (gets them to buy him drinks or such), by playing with their hearts.
RTK Index 614

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq751-1000, kanji_emotion.sense_emotion

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