脅 — kanji meaning “threaten”
脅
threaten, coerce
- Meanings
- threaten, coerce
- On'yomi
- キョウ (kyou)
- Kun'yomi
- おびや.かす、おど.す、おど.かす
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1183 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 130
- Chinese reading
- xié — Chinese character page
Words with 脅
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 脅迫 | きょうはく kyouhaku | threat; menace; coercion |
| 脅威 | きょうい kyoui | threat; menace |
| 脅かす | おどかす odokasu | to threaten; to menace; to intimidate |
| 脅し | おどし odoshi | threat |
| 脅す | おどす odosu | to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing) |
| 脅かし | おどかし odokashi | threat |
| 脅かす | おびやかす obiyakasu | to intimidate; to frighten; to scare |
| 脅し取る | おどしとる odoshitoru | to extort (money); to blackmail |
| 脅し文句 | おどしもんく odoshimonku | threatening words |
| 脅喝 | きょうかつ kyoukatsu | threat; intimidation; menace |
| 脅迫罪 | きょうはくざい kyouhakuzai | criminal intimidation |
| 脅迫者 | きょうはくしゃ kyouhakusha | person making threats; intimidator |
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