Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

993 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 14

Meaning: entice, lead, tempt, invite, ask, call for, seduce, allure

Kunyomi: さそ.う いざな.う

Onyomi: ユウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: speech

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ユウチ attraction, lure, invitation

ユウカイ abduction, kidnapping, kidnaping

不招請勧 フショウセイカンユウ unsolicited promotion

劇場型勧 ゲキジョウガタカンユウ advertising fraudulent investment schemes with glossy brochures, phone calls, etc.

Kunyomi Examples

さそう to invite, to ask (someone to do), to call (for), to take (someone) along, to tempt, to lure, to entice, to seduce, to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.), to arouse (e.g. sympathy), to provoke

さそう to invite, to ask (someone to do), to call (for), to take (someone) along, to tempt, to lure, to entice, to seduce, to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.), to arouse (e.g. sympathy), to provoke