Moto 愚: Foolish; Folly; AbsurdityKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- グ
- Kun'yomi
- おろ(か)
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 89 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (グ)
- 愚ぐfoolishness; silliness
- 愚痴ぐちidle complaint; grumble
- 愚図愚図ぐずぐずslowly; tardily
- 愚弄ぐろうmockery; derision
- 愚直ぐちょくsimple honesty; tactless frankness
- 愚行ぐこうfoolish act; folly
- 愚連隊ぐれんたいgang of young toughs; hooligans
- 万愚節ばんぐせつApril Fools' Day
- 下愚かぐvery stupid (person); great fool
- 凡庸愚昧ぼんようぐまいordinary and ignorant; mediocre and stupid
- 凡愚ぼんぐcommon person; foolish commoner
- 大愚たいぐgreat folly or fool
- 庸愚ようぐmediocrity; imbecility
- 愚にもつかないぐにもつかないfoolish; nonsensical
- 愚にも付かないぐにもつかないfoolish; nonsensical
- 愚の骨頂ぐのこっちょうthe height of folly; sheer stupidity
- 愚人ぐじんfool
- 愚作ぐさくpoor piece of work; rubbish
- 愚僧ぐそうsilly monk; foolish monk
- 愚兄ぐけいfoolish older brother
- 愚兄賢弟ぐけいけんていa foolish older brother and a smart younger
- 愚公山を移すぐこうやまをうつすwhere there's a will, there's a way
- 愚劣ぐれつfoolishness; stupidity
- 愚問ぐもんfoolish question
- 愚問愚答ぐもんぐとうsilly questions and silly answers; a silly dialogue
- 愚図ぐずdullard; indecisive person
- 愚図つくぐずつくto dawdle; to waste time doing nothing in particular
- 愚図ら愚図らぐずらぐずらvery slowly; sluggishly
- 愚図り泣きぐずりなきcrying (of a peevish baby)
- 愚図るぐずるto grumble; to be unsettled
- 愚夫ぐふfoolish man
- 愚女ぐじょdaughter
- 愚妹ぐまいyounger sister
- 愚妻ぐさいwife
- 愚姉ぐしolder sister
- 愚弟ぐていyounger brother
- 愚弱ぐじゃくstupid and weak
- 愚息ぐそく(one's) son
- 愚意ぐいone's humble opinion
- 愚才ぐさい(one's own) abilities and intelligence
- 愚挙ぐきょfoolish undertaking
- 愚昧ぐまいstupid
- 愚暗ぐあんimbecility
- 愚案ぐあんfoolish idea
- 愚民ぐみんignorant people
- 愚民政策ぐみんせいさくpolicy of keeping the people ignorant and easily subjugated
- 愚物ぐぶつfool
- 愚生ぐせいI; me
- 愚痴っぽいぐちっぽいprone to complaining; petulant
- 愚痴の闇ぐちのやみthe darkness of ignorance
- 愚痴るぐちるto grumble; to gripe
- 愚痴をこぼすぐちをこぼすto whinge; to kvetch
- 愚痴を溢すぐちをこぼすto whinge; to kvetch
- 愚痴を零すぐちをこぼすto whinge; to kvetch
- 愚痴聞き地蔵ぐちききじぞうKsitigarbha (jizo) who listens to people's complaints (statue at the Keihou Temple at Nagoya)
- 愚痴話ぐちばなしtedious complaints; continual moaning
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 愚かおろかfoolish; stupid
- 愚かしいおろかしいfoolish; stupid
- 愚かにもおろかにもfoolishly; stupidly
- 愚か者おろかものfool
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Kanji that often appear with 愚
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