Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1612 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: wicked, injustice, wrong

Kunyomi: よこし.ま

Onyomi: ジャ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: おおざと

Meaning: town (阝 right)

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

心(じゃしん)   malice, evil intentions

道な(じゃどうな)   heresy, the course of evil

魔な(じゃまな)   obstructive, burdensome

悪な(じゃあくな)   wicked, evil

気な(むじゃきな)   innocent, simple

魔する(じゃまする)   get in the way, be a nuisance

*風(かぜ)   a cold (as in an illness)

Onyomi Examples

ジャ wickedness, evil, wicked person

ジャマ hindrance, obstacle, nuisance, disturbance, interruption, interference, to visit (someone's home), demon who hinders Buddhist training, demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour

ヨウジャ evil intent, malice

ハジャ (sense of) crushing evil

Kunyomi Examples

よこしま wicked, evil, wrong, bad

まな心 よこしまなこころ evil heart