誘 (jau5 | you4) : guide; entice

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誘

jau5

you4

[1] guide; induce; lead to
[2] entice; lure; seduce

Stroke count: 14

Level: 2

Radical: (#149)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

誘 / 诱

This word has been viewed 6598 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 24th Mar 2011 10:03

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誘惑 jau5 waak6 you4 huo4 = to entice; temptation

引誘 jan5 jau5 yin3 you4 = to coerce; to lure

誘因 jau5 jan1 you4 yin1 = incentive; inducement

誘姦 jau5 gaan1 = to seduce

哄誘 hung6 jau5 = blandishment

誘餌 jau5 nei6 = bait; capper; stool pigeon

威逼利誘 wai1 bik1 lei6 jau5 wei1 bi1 li4 you4 = carrot and stick

色誘 sik1 jau5 se4 you4 = to entice through (sexual) beauty; seduce

利誘 lei6 jau5 li4 you4 = entice; entice with the promise of gain

誘騙 jau5 pin3 you4 pian4 = entice and cheat; seduce
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Decimal representation of this word: 誘
Unicode code for this character: U+8a98 (off-site link)

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