Kanji

儡

儡

defeat

Kanji

Grade

Secondary School

Strokes

17 strokes

Radical

人部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ライ

Example sentences

傀儡 かいらい
彼 は 実権 を 持たず 、 背後 の 実力者 に 操られる 傀儡 に すぎなかった 。

He had no real power and was nothing more than a puppet controlled by the powerful figure behind the scenes.

傀儡政権 かいらいせいけん
その 国 は 長い 間 、 傀儡政権 に よって 支配 されていた

That country was ruled by a puppet government for a long time.

Example Vocabulary

傀儡

かいらい

puppet; figurehead; tool

傀儡政権

かいらいせいけん

puppet government; puppet regime

傀儡師

かいらいし

傀儡政府

かいらいせいふ

傀儡子

くぐつし

傀儡女

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