# 惑 be misguided or tempted

(spear) + 口 (mouth/small box radical) + (bottomheart)
★★★☆☆
12 strokes

## Onyomi

WAKU |

## Mnemonic

| The devil on my shoulder used his mouth to tempt me to stab with a spear, the girl who WALKED on my heart.

## Kunyomi

まど*う | get bewildered (by your own ignorance, accidentally) or led astray (by someone else, deliberately) ★★☆☆☆

## Jukugo

迷惑(めいわく) | annoyance ★★★☆☆ 迷 (perplexed) + 惑 (be misguided or tempted) = 迷惑 (annoyance) annoyance. Can be used as an adjective (迷惑なｘｘｘ） or as a verb (迷惑をかける＝to annoy).
誘惑(ゆうわく) する | tempt ★★★☆☆ 誘 (invite / entice) + 惑 (be misguided or tempted) = 誘惑 (tempt )

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
惑 | be misguided or tempted | NO CLIFF |
感 | feeling | CLIFF |

MISGUIDED is basically FEELING, missing the left-hand side.

So you can say, "I feel like a CLIFF.

If there's no cliff, I must have been MISGUIDED and gotten lost on the way to the CLIFF "

## Synonyms

glamorous, charming 魅力 魅惑
planet vs. star 惑星 星
tempt 誘惑 そそのかす