The kanji 邪: meaning, readings and stroke order

邪

Meaning: evil, wicked
On reading: ジャ ja
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 8
Radical: 邑 town
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: tà, xấu xa (tà)
Japanese: ただしくない。よこしま。
Korean: 나쁘다, 사악하다 (사)
Chinese: 邪恶、不正

Readings, words and example sentences

ジャ ja · on reading · less common

邪じゃ魔ま
getting in the way, bother
勉強の 邪じゃ魔まをしません。
I won't bother you while you study.

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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.