愚 — foolish, folly, absurdity

ぐ愚 foolish

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U+611A Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1551 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #2107 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

foolish
folly
absurdity
stupid

Readings

On'yomi: ぐ gu
Kun'yomi: おろ oro

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

愚(ぐ) 痴(ち) guchi complaint

おろ oro 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).

愚(おろ) か oroka foolish

Words by frequency and grade

2 words

Each dot is a word containing 愚: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.