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嫉: jealous, envy

N1 (our estimate)13 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

女 carries the meaning · 疾 is drawn in

13 strokes
  • Small seal · Qin
  • Today

Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Two readings, and the words that use each

シツshitsu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 嫉妬しっとjealousy; envy
  • 嫉視しっしjealousy; regarding with jealousy

ねたむnetamu · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 嫉みねたみjealousy; envy

Also read そねむ, にくむ, 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)

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Also read シツ

10 kanji share this on'yomi
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jí

Same form: 嫉 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
嫉 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
嫉 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin jí 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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