危 — dangerous, fear, uneasy

あぶない危 dangerous

Grade 6 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 6 strokes

U+5371 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #606 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1520 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

dangerous
fear
uneasy

word

あぶ abu Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

危(あぶ) ない abunai dangerous

き ki On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

危(き) 険(けん) kiken danger 危(き) 機(き) kiki crisis 危(き) 惧(ぐ) kigu fear 危(き) 惧(ぐ) す kigusu to fear

あや aya Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

危(あや) うい ayaui dangerous

Appears in idioms

危機一髪四字熟語

dangerous, loom, one, hair of the head

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

𠂊 sloping stroke

やっ厄 unlucky

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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