Japanese Word Entry
妖言| Kana: | およずれごと |
| Romaji: | oyozuregoto |
| Definition: | groundless rumor (rumour), misleading rumor |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 妖 | attractive, bewitching, calamity, strange, weird, supernatural |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄧㄠ (yāo), ㄐㄧㄠˇ (jiǎo) |
| Cantonese: | jiu1 |
| Japanese: | ヨウ (you) / あや.しい (ayashii)、 なま.めく (namameku)、 わざわ.い (wazawai) |
| Korean: | 요 (yo) |
| Vietnamese: | yêu |
Variants
| Semantic variant form: | 祅 |
| 言 | say, word, words, speech, speak, Kangxi radical 149 |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄧㄢˊ (yán), ㄧㄢˋ (yàn), ㄧㄣˊ (yín) |
| Cantonese: | jin4 |
| Japanese: | ゲン (gen)、 ゴン (gon)、 ギン (gin) / い.う (iu)、 こと (koto)、 ことば (kotoba) |
| Korean: | 언 (eon) |
| Vietnamese: | ngôn, ngân |
Variants
| Semantic variant form: | 訁 |