EntryCommonJLPT N3WaniKani 27
  1. Godan verb with 'u' ending, Transitive verb

    to invite; to ask (someone to do); to call (for); to take (someone) along

    ウラウラとした日差しに誘われて、眠りに落ちた。
    The soft, gentle sunlight beckoned me to sleep.
  2. to tempt; to lure; to entice; to seduce

  3. to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy); to provoke

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

entice, lead, tempt, invite, ask, call for, seduce, allure

Kun
さそ.ういざな.う
On
ユウ
Strokes
14
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
993 of 2500
Radical
speech
WaniKani
Level 27

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Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-7-7, 1-7-8SKIP code
7a7.4The Kanji Dictionary
0262.7Four corner code
3045deroo
8a98Unicode hex code
1-45-22JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4371Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5625New Nelson (John Haig)
1550New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1952Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1044Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1407Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
916Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
982Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1196A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1222Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
35525Morohashi
1870A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1684Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1799Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1757Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1729Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
274Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1691Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
925Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
you4Pinyin reading
yuKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
27WaniKani level