戾 — readings, stroke count and radical

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 道徳・倫理に反する、。
  2. 不道徳、罪。
  3. ~にいたる。
  4. (日本)もどる、もどす。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「𡆥」+「犬」。「もとる」を意味する漢語{戾}を表す字。もと「𡆥」が{戾}を表す字だったが、「犬」を加えた。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

perverse, recalcitrant, rebellious

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • レイ
  • ライ
Kun (native)
  • もどす
  • もとる
  • いたる
Other languages
  • 拼音li4

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
戶(と)
JIS level
Level 3
Unicode
U+623E

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Variants

Lookup codes

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