EntryCommonJLPT N1WaniKani 50
  1. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

    to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)

    see 脅かすsee おどかす・1

    彼はそれを公表すると脅した。
    He threatened to make it public.

Also written 威す【おどす】嚇す【おどす】

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Characters in this word

1
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

threaten, coerce

Kun
おびや.かすおど.すおど.かす
On
キョウ
Strokes
10
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1183 of 2500
Radical
meat
WaniKani
Level 48

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Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
2-2-8, 2-6-4SKIP code
2g8.2The Kanji Dictionary
4022.7Four corner code
1646deroo
8105Unicode hex code
1-22-28JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
727Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4803New Nelson (John Haig)
2109New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2614Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1336Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1811Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
871Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
936Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1421A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1157Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1544Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
29466Morohashi
1169A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1263Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1335Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1675Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1344Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1707Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1019Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
880Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xie2Pinyin reading
hyeobKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
48WaniKani level