罪 – guilt, sin, crime

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The kanji 罪 means guilt, sin, crime, fault, blame, offense. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ザイ (zai); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is つみ (tsumi). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 网 (no. 122).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ザイ	zai
Kun’yomi	つみ	tsumi

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: 网 (Kangxi radical 122). Components: 買・非.

Words using 罪

罪つみcrime犯罪はんざいcrime

Example sentences

ビルはその罪を犯していなかった。

Bill did not commit the crime.

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戦争は人類に対する犯罪だ。

War is a crime against humanity.

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Kanji with the same radical

置署罰罵罹

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