"幽" meaning in Japanese

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Character

Forms: “Jōyō” kanji [common]
  1. dark Tags: kanji
    Sense id: en-幽-ja-character-5rtWib7s Categories (other): Common kanji Disambiguation of Common kanji: 25 27 25 22
  2. netherworld Tags: kanji
    Sense id: en-幽-ja-character-oDd1zoIi Categories (other): Common kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Common kanji: 25 27 25 22 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 0 22 41 37 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant transliterations: 0 34 36 30
  3. hidden Tags: kanji
    Sense id: en-幽-ja-character-5WS0CB16 Categories (other): Common kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Common kanji: 25 27 25 22 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 0 22 41 37 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant transliterations: 0 34 36 30
  4. confine, imprison Tags: kanji
    Sense id: en-幽-ja-character-14mEX0HZ Categories (other): Common kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Common kanji: 25 27 25 22 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 0 22 41 37 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant transliterations: 0 34 36 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 幽顕: dark and bright (yūken), the world of dead and living, 幽閉 (yūhei) (ruby: (ゆう), (へい)) (english: to confine), 幽霊 (yūrei) (ruby: (ゆう), (れい)) (english: a ghost), 幽体離脱 (yūtai ridatsu) (ruby: (ゆう), (たい), (), (だつ)) (english: out-of-body experience)

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "the world of dead and living"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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          "幽",
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          "閉",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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          "霊",
          "れい"
        ]
      ],
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    },
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          "幽",
          "ゆう"
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        [
          "体",
          "たい"
        ],
        [
          "離",
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        ],
        [
          "脱",
          "だつ"
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    "Japanese kanji with historical goon reading いう",
    "Japanese kanji with historical kan'on reading いう",
    "Japanese kanji with kan'on reading ゆう",
    "Japanese kanji with kun reading かす-か",
    "Japanese kanji with kun reading かそけ",
    "Japanese kanji with kun reading くら-い",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 幽",
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    },
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      "english": "to confine",
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          "幽",
          "ゆう"
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          "閉",
          "へい"
        ]
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    {
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          "幽",
          "ゆう"
        ],
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          "霊",
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          "幽",
          "ゆう"
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          "体",
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        ],
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          "離",
          "り"
        ],
        [
          "脱",
          "だつ"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-06-20 using wiktextract (1b9bfc5 and 0136956). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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