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贅

贅 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 過剰にだ。
  2. むだ。過剰。余計。
  3. いぼ。
  4. 婿養子。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

未詳。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

luxury

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ゼイ
  • セイ
Kun (native)
  • いぼ
Other languages
  • 拼音zhui4
  • 한글chwe
  • 한글chwi
  • Hán-ViệtChuế

Basics

Strokes
18 strokes
Radical
貝(かい)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+8D05

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱敖貝

Words using this kanji

  • 贅沢ぜいたく必要以上に金銭や物を使うこと。それを望むこと。また、そのさま。 金銭やものを多くかけていること。また、そのさま。奢侈。 その者の分際を超えるほど都合がいいこと。ふつうよりも恵まれた状況にあること。luxury, extravagance, to live in luxury, to indulge oneself
  • 贅ぜいextravagance, luxury
  • 贅肉ぜいにくexcess flesh, surplus fat, flab
  • 贅言ぜいげん無駄な言葉を言うこと。また、その言葉。verbosity, redundancy
  • 贅六ぜいろくperson from Kansai
  • 贅沢品ぜいたくひん生活していく上で必ずしも使用するものではない高価な物品。luxury item, luxury goods
  • 贅するぜいするto say more than necessary
  • 贅沢三昧ぜいたくざんまい贅沢にふけること。indulging in every possible luxury
  • 贅沢を言うぜいたくをいうto ask for too much, to expect too much
  • 贅を尽くすぜいをつくすto spare no expense, to live extravagantly, to indulge in the utmost luxury
  • 贅沢な悩みぜいたくななやみfirst world problem, good problem to have
  • 贅沢を言えばきりがないぜいたくをいえばきりがないone can never be completely satisfied

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(16 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-11-7
Four Corner
4880.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
7b11.4
Nelson
4524