盗 – steal, rob, pilfer

11 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1051 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 盗 means steal, rob, pilfer. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is トウ (tou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ぬす.む、ぬす.み (nusumu, nusumi). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 皿 (no. 108).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	トウ	tou
Kun’yomi	ぬす.む	nusumu
Kun’yomi	ぬす.み	nusumi

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: 皿 (Kangxi radical 108). Components: 欠・皿・冫.

Words using 盗

盗むぬすむto steal強盗ごうとうrobber盗難とうなんtheft

Example sentences

何冊かの本が盗まれた。

A number of books were stolen.

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父は強盗と取っ組み合いをした。

My father struggled with the robber.

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暴力団は強盗を計画していた。

The gang was planning a robbery.

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Kanji with the same radical

監盟益盛盤盆皿

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