戯 – frolic, play, sport

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The kanji 戯 means frolic, play, sport. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ギ、ゲ (gi, ge); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is たわむ.れる、ざ.れる、じゃ.れる (tawamureru, zareru, jareru). It is written with 15 strokes, under radical 戈 (no. 62).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ギ	gi
On’yomi	ゲ	ge
Kun’yomi	たわむ.れる	tawamureru
Kun’yomi	ざ.れる	zareru
Kun’yomi	じゃ.れる	jareru

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: 戈 (Kangxi radical 62). Components: 卜・匕・厂・戈・虍.

Words using 戯

戯曲ぎきょくdrama

Example sentences

彼はいくつかの戯曲を韻文で書いた。

He wrote several plays in verse.

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Kanji with the same radical

戦成我戒或戚

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