Kanji
N1 4 strokes Grade 8 freq #2123

unlucky, misfortune, bad luck, disaster

On'yomi (音読み)

Radical (部首)

cliff gandare

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

trouble; burden
unlucky year; critical year
misfortune; bad luck
Ecuador
bad luck; misfortune
United Kingdom; Britain
distress; disaster
critical year in one's life; inauspicious year
hardship and misfortune
the year following an inauspicious year

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

source of trouble
the trouble is ...; to make matters worse
to exorcise; to escape evil
warding off disaster; protecting against misfortune
escape from evil; exorcism
exorcism; ceremonial cleansing from evil influence
victimized by the unlucky year; victimised by the unlucky year
driving off a troublesome person; getting rid of a nuisance

Example sentences

He ended up in jail.

The autocrat strove in vain to deal with the awkward situation.

Quito, Ecuador, is a little south of the equator.

Good riddance!