Kanji N1

邪: wicked, injustice, wrong

邪 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning wicked, injustice, wrong, written with 8 strokes. It is read ジャ (on) and よこしま (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 風邪 (かぜ, cold) and 邪魔 (じゃま, hindrance).

邪

Meanings

  • wicked
  • injustice
  • wrong
Strokes8
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1612 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ジャ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • よこしま

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 邪

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 風邪かぜ

    (common) cold; influenza; flu; ague

    JLPT N5
  • 邪魔じゃま

    hindrance; obstacle; nuisance; disturbance

    JLPT N4
  • 無邪気むじゃき

    innocent; childlike; sweet and innocent; artless

    JLPT N1
  • 邪よこしま

    wicked; evil; wrong; bad

  • 邪道じゃどう

    improper way (of doing); wrong way

  • 風邪薬かぜぐすり

    remedy for a cold; cold medicine

  • 邪悪じゃあく

    wicked; evil

  • 邪険じゃけん

    cruel; hard-hearted; harsh; unkind

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.