EntryCommonJLPT N1
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

    paralysis; palsy; stupor

    Medicine

    ゼネストで国中の機能が麻痺した。
    The general strike paralyzed the whole country.
  2. numbness; loss of sensation

  3. standstill; state of paralysis; inability to take action

    Usually written using kana alone

Also written 痲痺【まひ】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

hemp, flax, numb

Kun
あさ
On
マ、マア
Strokes
11
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1142 of 2500
Radical
hemp
WaniKani
Level 48

Built from

Used in names as

あ、あざ、お

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
3-3-8SKIP code
3q8.3The Kanji Dictionary
0029.4Four corner code
564deroo
9ebbUnicode hex code
1-43-67JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5390Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
7040New Nelson (John Haig)
3125New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3878Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1995Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2694Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
593Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
637Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1118A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1508Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1480Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
47888Morohashi
1829A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1529Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1630Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1924Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1502Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1414Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1938Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
600Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ma2, ma1Pinyin reading
maKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
48WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

palsy, become numb, paralysed

Kun
しび.れる
On
Strokes
13
Radical
sickness

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (12)
CodeReference
3-5-8SKIP code
5i8.4The Kanji Dictionary
0014.6Four corner code
75faUnicode hex code
1-65-67JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3059Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3820New Nelson (John Haig)
2579Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2627Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
22280Morohashi
bi4Pinyin reading
biKorean reading