Kanji details for 厄
厄
Common kanji
unlucky, misfortune, bad luck, disaster
ON:
- ヤクyaku
Example words(showing 1-10 of 29 results)
na-adjective, noun
1.
trouble, burden, nuisance, bother, worry
2.
care, dependence, support, kindness, obligation, staying (with a person)
noun
1.
unlucky year, critical year, year (esp. age 25 and 42 for men, 19 and 33 for women) that is considered unlucky (orig. in Onmyōdō)
See also:陰陽道
2.
bad year, annus horribilis
noun
•
United Kingdom, Britain, England(archaism)
Notes:
- ateji (phonetic) reading
noun
•
god who spreads infectious diseases, god of pestilence
See also:疫病神
All readings:
疫神【えきじん】
、疫神【やくじん】
、厄神【やくじん】
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
distress, disaster(archaism)
Other readings:
困阨【こんやく】