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痴

痴 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. しれる。感覚を失う。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「疒」 + 音符「知」。「癡」の音符を入れ替えた異体字。「癡」については癡#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

stupid, foolish

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • チJHS
Kun (native)
  • し(れる)
  • おろか
Other languages
  • 拼音chi1
  • 한글chi
  • Hán-ViệtSi

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

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
疒(やまいだれ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+75F4

Components

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

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿸疒知

Words using this kanji

  • 痴呆ちほう精神の働きが弱く呆けていること。 認知症。dementia, stupidity, foolishness, fool
  • 痴漢ちかん公共の場所で他人に淫らないたずらをする者や行為。 愚か者。molester, groper, masher, pervert
  • 痴ちfoolishness, fool, moha (ignorance, folly)
  • 痴情ちじょう恋愛感情が度をこし、理性がきかない感情。being struck mad by love, foolish passion, blind love, infatuation
  • 痴人ちじん愚かな者。馬鹿者。dunce, fool, idiot
  • 痴態ちたい愚かな振る舞い、様子。foolishness, silliness, stupid conduct, idiotic behavior
  • 痴話ちわ愛し合っている者同士が戯れてする話。lovers talk, sweet nothings
  • 痴鈍ちどん愚かで動作などがのろくこと。また、そのようなさま。dull-witted
  • 痴愚ちぐばか。おろか。 精神遅滞のランクの一つ。かつて、重度のものを「白痴」、中度のものを「痴愚」、軽度のものを「魯鈍・軽愚」と呼称した。imbecility, idiocy
  • 痴女ちじょ馬鹿な女。愚かな女。 色情に溺れる女。 公共の場所で他人にみだらないたずらをする女。female molester, lewd woman, libidinous woman, stupid woman
  • 痴言ちげん思慮のないいい加減な言葉。戯言。crazy talk, nonsense, jest
  • 痴戯ちぎsexual play, erotic dalliance
  • 痴れ者しれものfool, dunce, idiot
  • 痴呆症ちほうしょうdementia
  • 痴れ言しれごとfoolish talk, nonsense, gibberish
  • 痴話文ちわぶみlove letter, billet-doux
  • 痴れるしれるto become foolish, to become befuddled, to become entranced, to lose one's marbles
  • 痴れ事しれごとfoolish act, folly, nonsense, absurdity
  • 痴話喧嘩ちわげんかlovers' quarrel
  • 痴漢行為ちかんこういgroping, molestation

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
3-5-8
Four Corner
0016.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
5i8.1
Heisig
1814
Nelson
3061