疑 – doubt, distrust, be suspicious

14 strokesTaught in grade 6#283 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 疑 means doubt, distrust, be suspicious, question. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ギ (gi); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is うたが.う (utagau). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 疋 (no. 103).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ギ	gi
Kun’yomi	うたが.う	utagau

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: 疋 (Kangxi radical 103). Components: 疋・矢・匕・マ・乞.

Words using 疑

疑ううたがうto doubt疑問ぎもんdoubt疑惑ぎわくdoubt質疑しつぎquestion

Example sentences

僕の言葉をまだ疑っているんですか。

Are you still in doubt about what I have said?

Tatoeba #196384

何か疑問があったら彼にお尋ねください。

Ask him if you have any doubt.

Tatoeba #187985

この種の事件はよく疑惑を生む。

Events of that type generally arouse suspicion.

Tatoeba #221282

Kanji with the same radical

疎

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