漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
戯: frolic, play
Also: sport
JLPT N115 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
戈 carries the meaning · 虚 gives the sound
15 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
ギgi · on'yomi · in compounds
- 戯曲ぎきょくdrama; play
- 遊戯ゆうぎplay; playing; game
たわむれるtawamureru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 戯れたわむれplay; sport; fun
- 戯れるたわむれるto be playful; to gambol
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 悪戯いたずらmischief; prank; trick
- 戯言たわごとnonsense; silly talk; drivel
Also read ゲ, ざれる, じゃれる, 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
“Arm yourself! The long slanting stroke is the shaft, the short horizontal stroke is the blade, and the little dot is the tassel tied near the top.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified 戏 · traditional 戲 · xì
Three different forms: Japanese 戯, simplified 戏, traditional 戲.
- Simplified
- 戏 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 戲 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin xì 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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