Kanji

危

危

dangerous, fear, uneasy

Kanji

Grade

Grade 6

Strokes

6 strokes

Radical

卩部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

キ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

あぶない, あやうい, あやぶむ

Common Readings

キ, あぶ…ない, あや…うい, あや…ぶむ

Example sentences

危険 きけん
この 川 で 泳ぐ の は 危険 です 。

It is dangerous to swim in this river.

死 し
彼 は 死 を 恐れず に 、 危険 な 任務 に 挑んだ 。

He braved the danger without fearing death and took on the mission.

危ない あぶない
この 川 で 泳ぐ の は 危ない

It is dangerous to swim in this river.

一人で ひとりで
夜道 を 一人で 歩く の は 危ない 。

It is dangerous to walk alone at night.

危機 きき
会社 は 倒産 の 危機 を 乗り越えた 。

The company overcame the crisis of bankruptcy.

陥る おちいる
会社 は 深刻 な 経営 危機 に 陥っている

The company has fallen into a serious management crisis.

危うい あやうい
足元 が 危うい ので 気をつけて ください 。

Please be careful as your footing is unstable.

難 なん
彼 は 危うく 難 を 逃れた 。

He narrowly escaped disaster.

危険性 きけんせい
この 計画 に は 失敗 する 危険性 が 伴う 。

This plan involves a risk of failure.

水素爆発 すいそばくはつ
水素爆発 の 危険性 について 警告 した

They warned about the danger of hydrogen explosions.

Example Vocabulary

危険

きけん

danger; dangerous

危ない

あぶない

dangerous; risky; unstable

危機

きき

crisis; danger; critical moment

危うい

あやうい

dangerous; critical; precarious

危険性

きけんせい

risk; danger; hazard; riskiness

危機感

ききかん

sense of crisis

危害を加える

きがいをくわえる

to inflict harm; to do someone harm

危惧

きぐ

fear; misgivings; anxiety; concern

危

き

danger; risk; peril

危なっかしい

あぶなっかしい

risky, dangerous-looking, unstable

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