Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

唆: tempt, seduce

Also: instigate, promote

JLPT N110 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

口 carries the meaning · 夋 gives the sound

10 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

サsa · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 示唆しさsuggestion; hint; implication
  • 教唆きょうさinstigation

そそのかすsosonokasu · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 唆すそそのかすto instigate; to tempt; to entice

Also read そそる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“Open your mouth wide and what do you see? A simple, sturdy square!”
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Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
口

Also built on mouth (口)

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夋

Also built on 夋

The 夋 family reads シュン (shun); 唆 is read サ.

Also read サ

16 kanji share this on'yomiAll 16

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
唆 tempt · 口
vs俊 sagacious · 亻
唆 has 口 where 俊 has 亻.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · suō

Same form: 唆 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
唆 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
唆 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin suō 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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