窃 — readings, stroke count and radical

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Meaning

stealth, steal, secret, private, hushed

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. ぬすむ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「穴」+音符「切」。「竊」の音符を入れ替えた略体。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • セツJHS
Kun (native)
  • ぬす(む)
  • ひそ(か)
Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese readings
  • 拼音qie4
  • 한글jeol
  • Hán-ViệtThiết

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

Basics

Strokes
9 strokes
Radical
穴(あな)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+7A83

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱穴切

Words using this kanji

  • 窃盗せっとうtheft, stealing, larceny他人が所在を管理している財物を、ひそかに盗むこと。 語義1の罪を犯した者。窃盗犯。
  • 窃取せっしゅtheft, stealing, larceny他人の物を盗み取ること。
  • 窃用せつようusing without permission, using information obtained in the course of one's duties他人の物を断わりもなく使用すること。 職務上知りえた秘密を自己または他人のため利用すること。
  • 窃視せっしpeeping at (without permission)見てはいけないものをそっと覗き見ること。
  • 窃盗罪せっとうざい(crime of) theft, (crime of) stealing, larceny
  • 窃盗犯せっとうはんtheft, stealing, larceny窃盗の罪を犯すこと。また、その犯人。
  • 窃盗狂せっとうきょうkleptomania, kleptomaniac
  • 窃盗団せっとうだんgroup of thieves
  • 窃盗癖せっとうへきkleptomania
  • 窃視症せっししょうvoyeurism, scopophilia, scoptophilia
  • 窃盗症せっとうしょうkleptomania
  • 窃ちゃりせっちゃりbicycle theft
  • 窃盗行為せっとうこういtheft, act of larceny
  • 窃盗強迫せっとうきょうはくkleptomania

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Example sentences

  • 犯人は盗を自供した。

    The criminal confessed to theft.

  • 彼には盗の罪がある。

    He is guilty of theft.

  • 彼は盗罪で起訴された。

    He was accused of theft.

Sentences and translations come from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), shortest first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-6
Four Corner
3072.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3m6.5
Heisig
1419
Nelson
3320