The kanji 妖: meaning, readings and stroke order

妖

Meaning: spirit, eerie
On reading: ヨウ you
Kun reading: あや（しい） ayashii
Strokes: 7
Radical: 女 woman, female
Level: Level 10 · the last years of senior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: yêu quái, ma mị (yêu)
Japanese: ばけもの。ふしぎであやしい。
Korean: 요괴, 요상하다 (요)
Chinese: 妖怪、妖异

Readings, words and example sentences

ヨウ you · on reading · less common

妖よう怪かい
yokai, monster from folk tales
妖よう怪かいの出てくる物語です。
It is a story with yokai monsters in it.

あや（しい） ayashii · kun reading · less common

妖あやしい
strange and mysterious, eerie
妖あやしい 光が見えます。
I can see a strange, mysterious light.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.