| Kanji | 寂 |
|---|---|
| Onyomi | ジャク、セキ |
| Kunyomi | さび、さび.しい、さび.れる、さみ.しい |
| English | loneliness, quietly, mellow, mature, death of a priest |
| Examples | 寂しい(さびしい): lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate |
| JLPT Level | 1 |
| Jouyou Grade | S |
| Frequency | 1599 |
| Components | 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 叔: uncle; youth |
| Number of Strokes | 11 |
| Kanji Radical | 宀 |
| Radical Number | 40 |
| Radical Strokes | 3 |
| Radical Reading | うかんむり |
| Traditional Form | (none) |
| Classification | 形声 Phonetic |
| Keyword | loneliness |
| Koohii Story 1 | The unmarried uncle´s house is the picture of lonlieness. |
| Koohii Story 2 | Four straight kanji here with 叔 in it, so let´s make one story: Your UNCLE was full of loneliness (#720) (寂), and he lived by himself. He was naturally graceful (#721) (淑) in the water, and you knew he was once on the Olympic synchronized swimming team. You knew that there was something different about him, but you joined his youth team and he watched over you carefully as coach (#719) (督). It was uncomfortable, though, how your uncle (#718) often touched you just a little above the crotch (叔) when coaching... |
| RTK Index (new) | 777 |
Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1501-2000, kanji_emotion.sense_emotion
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