6 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 6th grade
JLPT exam level N3

dangerous, fear, uneasy

Kun'yomi
  • dangerous ②in danger ③look out!
  • dangerous ②precarious (situation)
  • to fear
On'yomi
  • danger ②Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

Main Radical

(KanXi) 丿(Nelson)

Reading Commonality

96.9%
あやういあやぶむ 2.3%
あぶない 0.8%

Character Breakdown

dangerous, fear, uneasy
キ あや.うい あぶ.ない (6th, N3)
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
unlucky, misfortune, bad luck
ヤク (9th, N1)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン かりがね (Kentei 1)
seal radical (no. 26)
セツ わりふ (Kentei 1)

Contained In

Common Words

danger ②Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
danger ②risk
sense of impending crisis
dangerous person ②loose cannon
hazardous materials
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References

Unicode hex code 5371
JIS X 0208 1-20-77
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 187
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 629
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3199
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3965
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 2041
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2755
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 1416
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1520
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 624
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 318
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 899
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 2849X
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 831
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 534
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 543
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 385
Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. 844
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 841
Crowley, D. The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power 495
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 789
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 256
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 1428
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2n4.3
Four corner code 2721.2
De Roo Code 2556