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妬: jealous, envy

N1 (our estimate)8 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

女 carries the meaning · 石 is drawn in

8 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

トto · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 嫉妬しっとjealousy; envy

ねたむnetamu · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 妬むねたむto be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
  • 妬みねたみjealousy; envy

Also read ツ, そねむ, つもる, ふさぐ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“Grace and strength! This is the radical of the feminine, representing mothers, daughters, and the many roles women have played throughout history.”
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Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
女

Also built on woman (女)

All 38
石

Also built on stone (石)

All 20

Also read ト

14 kanji share this on'yomiAll 14

Also read ツ

3 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
妬 jealous · 女
vs拓 clear (the land) · 扌
妬 has 女 where 拓 has 扌.
In ChineseSimplified 妒 · traditional, as in Japanese · dù

Japan keeps the traditional form 妬; mainland China simplifies it to 妒.

Simplified
妒 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
妬 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin dù most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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