The kanji 脅: meaning, readings and stroke order

脅

Meaning: threaten
On reading: キョウ kyou
Kun reading: おびや（かす） obiyakasu、おど（す） odosu、おど（かす） odokasu
Strokes: 10
Radical: 肉 meat
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: đe doạ (hiếp)
Japanese: おどす。こわがらせる。
Korean: 위협하다, 겁주다 (협)
Chinese: 威胁、吓唬 (胁)

Readings, words and example sentences

キョウ kyou · on reading · less common

脅きょう威い
threat
台風は大きな 脅きょう威いです。
Typhoons are a big threat.

おびや（かす） obiyakasu · kun reading · less common

脅おびやかす
to threaten, to put in danger
森の動物を 脅おびやかします。
It puts the animals in the forest in danger.

おど（す） odosu · kun reading · less common

脅おどす
to threaten
人を 脅おどしては いけません。
You must not threaten people.

おど（かす） odokasu · kun reading · less common

脅おどかす
to scare, to startle
後ろから 脅おどかして わらいました。
I jumped out from behind to scare them, and we laughed.

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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.