Kanji
N1 10 strokes Grade 8 freq #1278

tempt, seduce, instigate, promote

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

mouth kuchi

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

suggestion; hint
instigation
instigator
instigation and abetment
criminal instigation
criminal instigator
suggestive; pregnant (e.g. pregnant pause)
(crime of) instigation to suicide
instigating murder; incitement to murder

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

to instigate; to tempt
to excite; to incite
instigation
to entice a person to do something wrong

Example sentences

He simply shrugged off my suggestion.

The speaker tried to incite the people to rebellion.

It is the snake that tempts Eve.

Her story excited curiosity in the children.