寂 – loneliness, quietly, mellow

11 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1599 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 寂 means loneliness, quietly, mellow, mature, death of a priest. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ジャク、セキ (jaku, seki); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is さび、さび.しい、さび.れる、さみ.しい (sabi, sabishii, sabireru, samishii). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 宀 (no. 40).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ジャク	jaku
On’yomi	セキ	seki
Kun’yomi	さび	sabi
Kun’yomi	さび.しい	sabishii
Kun’yomi	さび.れる	sabireru
Kun’yomi	さみ.しい	samishii

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: 宀 (Kangxi radical 40). Components: 小・卜・又・宀.

Words using 寂

寂しいさびしいlonely (e.g. person, feeling)

Example sentences

一人で生活するのは寂しい。

It is lonely to live alone.

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Kanji with the same radical

定実家安官容宅害宮審守察室客完富

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