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 | 
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  | 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 | 
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      | Semantic variant form: | 祅 | 
| 言 | say, word, words, speech, speak, Kangxi radical 149 | 
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  | 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 | 
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      | Semantic variant form: | 訁 | 

