Pre-Level 1

Meaning

Kanji 啞

become hoarse

become hoarse, dumb, mute

Stroke Order

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Unicode code: U+555E

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
おし
Onyomi 音読み
Nanori 名乗り
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Variant: (Legal Form) , 哑 (Itaiji)

Jōyō
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JLPT
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Frequency
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Strokes
11
Radical
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Components
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Kanji Kentei
Pre-Level 1
Similar Kanji

Related vocabulary

Showing 11 common entries

Showing 11 of 11 entries that include this kanji.

亜鈴

あれい

dumbbell

おし

mute

唖々

ああ

caw (of a crow, etc.)

唖者

あしゃ

(a) mute

唖蝉

おしぜみ

voiceless cicada (female)

唖然

あぜん

dumbfounded

盲唖

もうあ

blind and dumb

聾唖

ろうあ

deafness

ろうあ者

ろうあしゃ

deaf and mute person

盲唖学校

もうあがっこう

school for the blind and dumb

聾唖学校

ろうあがっこう

school for the deaf and dumb

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

風邪で声がしてしまった。

My voice became hoarse because of a cold.

彼は驚いてしたように立ち尽くした。

He was so shocked that he stood there speechless.

その子は生まれつきではない。

That child was not born mute.

叫びすぎて、彼女の喉はしていた。

Because she shouted too much, her throat had grown hoarse.

したままうなずくしかなかった。

I could only nod, unable to speak.