じょ

adjectival noun or quasi-adjective

  1. sensational, inflammatory, incendiary.
  2. (sexually) suggestive, lascivious.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
じょ
扇情的 せんじょうてき
じょ
煽情的 せんじょうてき

Contained Kanji Breakdown

fan, folding fan
おうぎ セン おう (7th, N1)
door, counter for houses, door radical (no. 63)
と コ へ (2nd, N2)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
corpse, remains, flag radical (no. 44)
シ かたしろ (Kentei 1)
feathers, counter for birds, rabbits
はね は ば (2nd, N2)
learn(習) variant
hooked enclosure
two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15)
ヒョウ こおり (Kentei 1)
feelings, emotion, passion
ジョウ なさ.け セイ (5th, N3)
heart, standing heart radical variant (no. 61)
シン こころ
blue, green
あお セイ お (1st, N4)
life (生) variant
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)
bull's eye, mark, target
テキ まと いくは (4th)
white
しろ ハク しら- (1st, N5)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
ladle, one tenth of a go, dip
シャク (N1)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ つつ.む (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)