Kanji
N1 14 strokes Grade 8 freq #993

entice, lead, tempt, invite, ask

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

speech gen

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

abduction; kidnapping
guidance; leading
attraction; lure
invitation; solicitation
temptation; allurement
contributing cause; exciting cause
inducing; causing
ovulation-inducing drug
enticement; inducement
induced explosion; secondary explosion

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

to invite; to ask (someone to do)
invitation; introduction
to lure; to invite out
pump priming

Example sentences

The prosecution condemned the defendant for kidnapping a child.

That child may have been kidnapped on his way home.

The jet plane landed following the instructions of the control tower.

He invited her to go to the concert.