危

音読おんよみ:

訓読くんよみ: あぶない・あやうい

画数かくすう: 6 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 卩(ふしづくり)

Meaning

Danger / Risk / Hazard

  • 危険きけん — danger
  • 危機きき — crisis
  • あぶない — dangerous
  • あやうい — precarious; at risk
  • 危害きがい — harm; injury
  • 危機感ききかん — sense of danger; urgency

The character 危 originally depicted a person on a high, unstable structure — representing danger or instability. It’s common in signage and safety instructions and is closely associated with cautionary contexts.

この場所ばしょ危険きけんです。
This place is dangerous.

はしわたるのは あぶないので をつけてください。
Crossing the bridge is dangerous, so please be careful.

険
Creates
危険きけん — danger
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