妬 – jealous, envy

8 strokesJōyō (secondary school)N1 vocabulary

The kanji 妬 means jealous, envy. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ト、ツ (to, tsu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ねた.む、そね.む、つも.る、ふさ.ぐ (netamu, sonemu, tsumoru, fusagu). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 女 (no. 38).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ト	to
On’yomi	ツ	tsu
Kun’yomi	ねた.む	netamu
Kun’yomi	そね.む	sonemu
Kun’yomi	つも.る	tsumoru
Kun’yomi	ふさ.ぐ	fusagu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 女 (Kangxi radical 38). Components: 口・女・石.

Words using 妬

妬むねたむto be jealous of嫉妬しっとjealousy

Example sentences

すこし嫉妬深く感じたように思う。

I suppose I felt a little jealous.

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Kanji with the same radical

女委始好姿婦妻婚妥威妙娘嫌妊妹姉

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