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Stupid Stupidity 痴 チ し.れる、おろか Foolish 愚痴(ぐち Idle

Kanji
Onyomi
Kunyomi し.れる、おろか
English stupid, foolish
Examples 愚痴(ぐち): (1) idle complaint; grumble (2) moha (ignorance, folly)
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 1663
Components 疒: trailing sickness; sick radical (no. 104)
知: know; wisdom
Number of Strokes 13
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 104
Radical Strokes 5
Radical Reading やまい・やまいだれ
Traditional Form
Classification 会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword stupid
Koohii Story 1 Of course caveman is stupid. He doesn´t know anything. He´s a caveman!
Koohii Story 2 This kanji shows stupidity as a "knowledge-sickness". Everybody can be stupid at times, and it usually happens because of a lack of experience. Hence the stupidity is a "knowledge sickness".
RTK Index 1683

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1501-2000

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