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嫉

嫉 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. ねたむ。うらやむ。
  2. にくむ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「女」+音符「疾」。「ねたむ」を意味する漢語｛嫉｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

jealous, envy

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • シツJHS
Kun (native)
  • そね(む)
  • ねた(む)
  • にく(む)
Other languages
  • 拼音ji2
  • 한글jil
  • Hán-ViệtTật

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
子(こ)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+5AC9

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰女疾

Words using this kanji

  • 嫉妬しっと他人をうらやましく思い、ねたむこと。 うらやむ、ねたむ。jealousy, envy
  • 嫉視しっしねたむ気持ちで見ること。 恨んだり、ねたんだりすること。jealousy, regarding with jealousy
  • 嫉むそねむ他人の幸福・長所などを羨ましく思って妬む。 嫌う。憎む。to be jealous of, to envy, to begrudge
  • 嫉みそねみjealousy, envy
  • 嫉妬心しっとしんfeeling of envy, jealous feeling
  • 嫉妬深いしっとぶかい(deeply) jealous
  • 嫉妬の炎しっとのほのおflames of jealousy
  • 嫉視反目しっしはんもくjealousy and enmity, being jealous of and at odds with (each other)
  • 嫉妬に狂うしっとにくるうto fly into a jealous rage, to go mad with jealousy

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(11 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-10
Four Corner
4043.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3e10.8
Heisig
1820
Nelson
1248