漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons
危: dangerous, fear
Also: uneasy
JLPT N36 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met
𠂊 and 厄 are drawn in
6 strokes
Four readings, and the words that use each
キki · on'yomi · in compounds
- 危機ききcrisis
- 危害きがいinjury, harm, danger
- 危篤きとくon the verge of death
- 危惧きぐfear, misgivings
- 危険なきけんなdangerous, perilous, hazardous
あぶないabunai · kun'yomi · on its own
- 危ないあぶないdangerous, watch out! [adj.]
あやういayaui · kun'yomi
- 危うくあやうくin imminent danger of, almost
- 危ういあやういdangerous, critical [adj.]
あやぶむayabumu · kun'yomi
- 危ぶむあやぶむhave misgivings [v.t.]
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Ideogrammic compound (會意)厃 person on a cliff or mountain + 卩 kneeling person
Source: Wiktionary, 危 (rev. 92198854), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Person (人) + cliff (厂) + kneeling person (卩). Imagine a person kneeling precariously on the very edge of a steep cliff—a state of absolute danger!”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · wēi
Same form: 危 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 危 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 危 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin wēi most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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