漢字Kanji · in Structures & Home
寂: loneliness, quietly
Also: mellow, mature, death of a priest
JLPT N111 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
宀 carries the meaning · 叔 gives the sound
11 strokes
Four readings, and the words that use each
ジャクjaku · on'yomi · in compounds
- 静寂せいじゃくsilence; stillness; quietness
セキseki · on'yomi
- 寂然せきぜんlonely; desolate
さびsabi · kun'yomi · on its own
- 寂さびpatina; antique look
さびしいsabishii · kun'yomi
- 寂しいさびしいlonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome
Also read さびれる, さみしい, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Under one roof! Imagine the safety and warmth of a sturdy house at the end of a long day.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side寂 loneliness · 宀
vs淑 graceful · 氵In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jì
Same form: 寂 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 寂 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 寂 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jì 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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