漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
痴: stupid, foolish
JLPT N113 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
疒 carries the meaning · 知 gives the sound
13 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
チchi · on'yomi · in compounds
- 愚痴ぐちidle complaint; grumble
- 痴漢ちかんmolester; groper; masher
- 方向音痴ほうこうおんち(person with) no sense of direction
- 音痴おんちtone deafness; amusia
Also read しれる, おろか, 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
“Rest and recover! Imagine a person tucked under a blanket, lying in a quiet room while they wait for their fever to break.”
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痴 stupid · 疒
vs智 wisdom · 日In ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 癡 · chī
Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 痴. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 癡.
- Simplified
- 痴 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 癡 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin chī 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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