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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: tease, play with

Kunyomi: からか.う

Onyomi: ヤ

Composition: 扌 耶

揶

Radical

Radical: 手

Meaning: hand

Reading: て

Frequency: 1,203

Alternative forms:

扌(alt radical position hen)龵

手

Examples

Onyomi Examples

揶揄 (ヤユ) banter, raillery, ridicule, teasing, making fun of

揶揄嘲笑 (ヤユチョウショウ) ridicule and sneering, (casting) ridicule and scorn (upon)

Kunyomi Examples

揶揄う (からかう) to tease, to make fun of, to poke fun at, to make a crack about, to chaff, to kid, to joke, to banter, to pull someone's leg

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