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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1996 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: seclude, confine to a room, deep, profound, secluded, faint, dark, tranquil, calm

Kunyomi: ふか.い かす.か くら.い しろ.い

Onyomi: ユウ

Composition: 山 幺

幽

Radical

Radical: 幺

Meaning: short, tiny

幺

Examples

Onyomi Examples

幽霊 （ユウレイ） ghost, specter, spectre, apparition, phantom

憂鬱 （ユウウツ） depression, melancholy, dejection, gloom, despondency

幽々 （ユウユウ） deep, dark

帰幽 （キユウ） death

Kunyomi Examples

微か （かすか） faint, dim, weak, slight, vague, indistinct, hazy, poor, wretched, meagre, meager, scanty