JLPT N1 · 9 strokes
Kanji 幽: "seclude, confine to a room, deep"
The kanji 幽 means "seclude, confine to a room, deep, profound, secluded, faint". It is written with 9 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read ユウ in on'yomi and ふか.い, かす.か, くら.い, しろ.い in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ユウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ふか.いかす.かくら.いしろ.い
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | seclude, confine to a room, deep, profound, secluded, faint |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 9 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1996 of 2,501 |
Common words with 幽
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 幽霊ghost; specter; spectre; apparition
- 幽閉confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
- 幽鬼ghost; revenant; spirit (of the dead); departed soul
- 幽霊船ghost ship; phantom ship
- 幽霊部員member of a (school) club who does not partake in the club's activities
- 幽霊屋敷haunted house
- 幽玄mysterious profundity; quiet beauty; the subtle and profound; yūgen
- 幽体離脱out-of-body experience
- 幽体ethereal body
- 幽界hades; realm of the dead
- 幽霊話ghost story
- 幽門pylorus; opening of stomach into duodenum
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