漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
誘: entice, lead
Also: tempt, invite, ask, call for, seduce, allure
JLPT N114 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
言 carries the meaning · 秀 gives the sound
14 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ユウyuu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 誘拐ゆうかいabduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
- 誘導ゆうどう
- 誘致ゆうちattraction; lure; invitation
- 勧誘かんゆう
- 誘惑ゆうわくtemptation; allurement; lure
さそうsasou · kun'yomi · on its own
- 誘うさそうto invite; to ask (someone to do)
- 誘いさそいinvitation; introduction
Also read いざなう, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side誘 entice · 秀
vs課 chapter · 果In ChineseSimplified 诱 · traditional, as in Japanese · yòu
Japan keeps the traditional form 誘; mainland China simplifies it to 诱.
- Simplified
- 诱 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 誘 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin yòu 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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