EntryCommon
  1. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

    to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to delude; to mislead; to deceive

    流言飛語に惑わされるべからず、とはいうものの、言うは易く行うは難し、と思わない?
    They say you shouldn't take rumors seriously, but that's easier said than done.
  2. to tempt; to seduce

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

beguile, delusion, perplexity

Kun
まど.う
On
ワク
Strokes
12
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
777 of 2500
Radical
heart
WaniKani
Level 27

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Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
2-8-4SKIP code
4k8.16The Kanji Dictionary
5333.0Four corner code
1458deroo
60d1Unicode hex code
1-47-39JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1710Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1892New Nelson (John Haig)
2786New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3461Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1783Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2427Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
614Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
661Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1160A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1784Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1131Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
10789Morohashi
1942A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
969Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1001Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1302Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1532Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1071Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
789Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
622Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
huo4Pinyin reading
hogKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
27WaniKani level