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侘

侘 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 驕る。誇る。
  2. 失意のさま。
  3. わびる。わびしい。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「人」+音符「宅」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

proud, lonely

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • タ
Kun (native)
  • わび(しい)
  • ほこ(る)
  • わ(びる)
Other languages
  • 拼音cha4
  • 한글cha
  • Hán-ViệtSá

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
人(ひと)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+4F98

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰亻宅

Words using this kanji

  • 侘びわび気落ちすること。落胆すること。 静かな暮らしを楽しむこと。 閑寂な趣き。taste for the simple and quiet, rustic simplicity, austere refinement, wabi
  • 侘ぶわぶto be worried, to be grieved, to pine for
  • 侘びるわびる気落ちの表情をする。 遣りきれない気持ちになる。 心細い気持ちになる。to be worried, to be grieved, to pine for
  • 侘しいわびしい心を慰めるものが無く心細い。 静かで物寂しい。 みすぼらしい。miserable, wretched, lonely, dreary
  • 侘住いわびずまいsolitary life, wretched abode
  • 侘と寂わびとさびtaste for the simple and quiet, wabi and sabi
  • 侘ぶるわぶるto be worried, to be grieved
  • 侘び寂びわびさびwabi-sabi

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(8 results)

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Lookup codes

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