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寂

JLPT N1 11 strokes Frequency: #1599

Meanings

Loneliness, Quietly, Mellow, Mature, Death Of A Priest

Radicals

宀

Decomposition

⿱宀叔

Etymology

Pictophonetic: roof

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 11

Stroke Order

1 vertical right-to-left

2 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

3 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

4 vertical right-to-left

5 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

6 horizontal bottom-to-top

7 hook bottom-to-top

8 diagonal bottom-to-top

9 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

10 corner top-to-bottom

11 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

セキ seki

ジャク jaku

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

さび sabi

さみ sami

Words Using This Kanji

35 words total

Other (20 words)

閑寂かんじゃく

quiet

寂しがるさびしがる

to miss someone

寂れるさびれる

to decline (in prosperity)

patina

lonely

silence

death of a priest

solitude

quiet

lonely

lonely

achieving nirvana

lonely

craving for food, a cigarette, etc.

paradise

strapped for cash

still

lonesome

deserted and lonesome

寂滅為楽じゃくめついらく

freedom from one's desires (entry into Nirvana) is true bliss

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