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忌

忌 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Origin of the character

形声。「心」+音符「己」。「いむ」を意味する漢語｛忌｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

mourning, abhor, detestable, death anniversary

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • キJHS
Kun (native)
  • い(む)HS
  • い(み)
  • い(まわしい)HS
Nanori (used in names)
  • いまわ
Other languages
  • 拼音ji4
  • 한글gi
  • Hán-ViệtKị
  • Hán-ViệtKí

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

Basics

Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
心(こころ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+5FCC

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱己心

Words using this kanji

  • 忌避きひ嫌って避けること。evasion, avoidance, shirking, recusation (of a judge)
  • 忌まわしいいまわしい「いまわしい」参照。abhorrent, abominable, detestable, disgusting
  • 忌き（キ）ある人物が死んだ日。 （キ）喪に服している期間。mourning, mourning period, anniversary of one's death
  • 忌みいみ「いみ」を参照。mourning, abstinence, taboo, religious purification
  • 忌むいむ「いむ」を参照。to avoid, to refrain from, to shun, to detest
  • 忌中きちゅう近親者に死者が出た場合の喪に服する期間。mourning period, (in) mourning
  • 忌日きにちある人物が死んだ日。広義では、死んだ日付の月日と同じ日。 ある人物が死んでから、七七日まで7日ごとに追善供養をする日。anniversary of a person's death (on which Buddhist commemorative rites, etc. are performed), 49th day after a person's death, on which Buddhist rituals are performed
  • 忌憚きたん忌み嫌うこと。 （多く否定の語を伴って）はばかって遠慮すること。 忌み嫌う。reserve, modesty, hesitation, restraint
  • 忌諱きき忌み嫌うこと。避けること。「忌」も「諱」も、「いむ」の意。 忌み嫌う。displeasure, offense, offence, disliking
  • 忌引きびきabsence from work or school due to mourning, secluding oneself in mourning
  • 忌服きぶく近親者の死に際し、一定期間喪に服すること。mourning
  • 忌寸いみきImiki (fourth highest of the eight hereditary titles)
  • 忌み日いみびunlucky day (according to astrology), (previously a) death anniversary, purification and fast day
  • 忌明けいみあけ服喪の期間があけること。 月経、出産の忌みがあけること。end of mourning period (usu. 49 days)
  • 忌み箸いみばしthings prohibited by chopstick etiquette
  • 忌み数いみかずunlucky number
  • 忌み子いみごunwanted child, shunned child
  • 忌み物いみものtaboo object, thing avoided as impure or unlucky
  • 忌々しいいまいましいannoying, infuriating, provoking, irritating
  • 忌み言葉いみことばtaboo word, euphemism (used in place of a taboo word)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-4
Four Corner
1733.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4k3.4
Heisig
644
Nelson
1463