誘

invite; entice; lead; tempt; ask; call for; seduce; allure

14 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 993.

Readings

• ユウ (on reading): 誘導 (ゆうどう) guidance; 誘惑 (ゆうわく) temptation
• さそう (kun reading): 誘う (さそう) to invite; 誘い (さそい) invitation
• いざなう (kun reading): 悪の道へ誘う (あくのみちへいざなう) to lead astray

Components

• 言
• 秀
• ノ radical slash, katakana no
• 乃 radical of (archaic)
• 禾 radical grain
• 言 radical speech

Words using 誘

• 誘導 (ゆうどう) guidance
• 誘惑 (ゆうわく) temptation
• 誘拐 (ゆうかい) abduction
• 誘致 (ゆうち) attraction
• 勧誘 (かんゆう) invitation
• 誘う (さそう) to invite
• 誘い (さそい) invitation
• 誘い出す (さそいだす) to lure
• 誘い込む (さそいこむ) to entice
• 誘いをかける (さそいをかける) to invite
• 悪の道へ誘う (あくのみちへいざなう) to lead astray
• 誘く (おびく) to lure

103 words in all.

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