邪 — kanji meaning “wicked”
邪
wicked, injustice, wrong
- Meanings
- wicked, injustice, wrong
- On'yomi
- ジャ (ja)
- Kun'yomi
- よこし.ま
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1612 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 163
- Chinese reading
- xié, yé — Chinese character page
Words with 邪
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 邪魔 | じゃま jama | hindrance; obstacle; nuisance |
| 風邪 | かぜ kaze | (common) cold; influenza; flu |
| 無邪気 | むじゃき mujaki | innocent; childlike; sweet and innocent |
| 邪道 | じゃどう jadou | improper way (of doing); wrong way; unorthodox method |
| 邪悪 | じゃあく jaaku | wicked; evil |
| 邪険 | じゃけん jaken | cruel; hard-hearted; harsh |
| 邪神 | じゃしん jashin | evil god |
| 邪気 | じゃき jaki | malice; ill will |
| 天邪鬼 | あまのじゃく amanojaku | perversity; perverse person; contrary person |
| 邪馬台国 | やまたいこく yamataikoku | Yamataikoku; historical Japanese state thought to have existed during the late Yayoi period |
| 邪教 | じゃきょう jakyou | heretical religion; damaging religion; heresy |
| 邪推 | じゃすい jasui | distrust; unjust suspicion |
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