Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife

賊: burglar, rebel

Also: traitor, robber

JLPT N113 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

貝 carries the meaning · 戎 is drawn in

13 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ゾクzoku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 海賊かいぞくpirate
  • 盗賊とうぞくthief; robber; burglar
  • 賊ぞくthief; robber; burglar
  • 山賊さんぞくbandit; brigand
  • 海賊版かいぞくばんpirated edition; pirated version

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Treasure the moment! This radical represents the very origins of commerce and the primal concept of wealth.”
More in the 貝 shell story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
貝

Also built on shell (貝)

All 38

Also read ゾク

5 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
賊 burglar · 戎
vs貸 lend · 代
賊 has 戎 where 貸 has 代.
In ChineseSimplified 贼 · traditional, as in Japanese · zéi

Japan keeps the traditional form 賊; mainland China simplifies it to 贼.

Simplified
贼 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
賊 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin zéi 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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