嫉 – jealous, envy

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The kanji 嫉 means jealous, envy. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シツ (shitsu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is そね.む、ねた.む、にく.む (sonemu, netamu, nikumu). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 女 (no. 38).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シツ	shitsu
Kun’yomi	そね.む	sonemu
Kun’yomi	ねた.む	netamu
Kun’yomi	にく.む	nikumu

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: 女・矢・疔・乞.

Words using 嫉

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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