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戯

戯 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Origin of the character

「戲」の異体字。戲#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

frolic, play, sport

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ギJHS
  • ゲ
Kun (native)
  • たわむ(れる)HS
  • ざ(れる)
  • じゃ(れる)
Other languages
  • 拼音xi4
  • 拼音hu1
  • 한글heui
  • 한글hwi
  • 한글ho
  • Hán-ViệtHí
  • Hán-ViệtHý
  • Hán-ViệtHé
  • Hán-ViệtNghí

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

Basics

Strokes
15 strokes
Radical
戈(ほこ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+622F

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰虚戈

Words using this kanji

  • 戯曲ぎきょく演劇の脚本や台本。 脚本や台本の形式で書かれた文芸作品。drama, play, Chinese opera
  • 戯画ぎがふざけて描いた絵画。滑稽な絵画。caricature, cartoon, comics
  • 戯れたわむれ「たわむれ」の漢字表記。play, sport, fun, caprice
  • 戯言たわごと冗談。戯れの言葉。nonsense, silly talk, drivel, rubbish
  • 戯れるたわむれる「たわむれる」の漢字表記。to be playful, to gambol, to be amused (with something), to play
  • 戯あじゃら楽しみの行為をすること。あそび。しばいをすること。pleasantry, joke, tomfoolery
  • 戯絵ざれえpicture drawn in fun
  • 戯書ぎしょ(ギショ、ケショ、ざれがき、たわむれがき、ざれぶみ) 戯れに、また面白半分で書いた文字や文章。 (ギショ) 万葉集での用字法の一つで、漢字の字形や字義などを自由に利用して遊戯的であったり技巧的であったりしてその漢字を使用したもの。戯訓。rambling writings
  • 戯笑ぎしょうplayful laughter
  • 戯評ぎひょう漫画や戯文で社会を批評すること。humorous comments, sarcastic remarks, cartoon, caricature
  • 戯文ぎぶん戯れに書く文章。humorous writing
  • 戯作げさくふざけて文章などを作ること。また、そのような作品。 江戸時代に発達した通俗文学で、黄表紙、滑稽本、人情本などの総称。cheap literature, writing for amusement, light literature popular in the late Edo period
  • 戯るたわむるto be playful, to gambol, to be amused (with something), to play
  • 戯けおどけjoke, witticism, pleasantry, attempt at humour
  • 戯奴わけI, me, you
  • 戯けたわけtomfoolery, foolish act, nonsense, fool
  • 戯称ぎしょうjocular name, jocular term, humorous nickname
  • 戯弄ぎろう戯れ、弄ぶこと。からかうこと。teasing, toying with someone's emotions
  • 戯言ぎげん冗談。戯れの言葉。joke, jest
  • 戯えるそばえるto play pranks, to be spoiled, to be spoilt

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(73 results)

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-11-4
Four Corner
2325.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4n11.1
Heisig
2149
Nelson
246