寂

11 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 7th grade
JLPT exam level N1

loneliness, quietly, mellow, mature, death of a priest

Kun'yomi
  • さび
    		patina ②elegant simplicity ③well-trained voice
  • さびしい
    		lonely
  • さびれる
    		to decline (in prosperity) ②to taper off (of a sound)
  • さみしい
    		lonely
On'yomi
  • ジャク
    		(entering into) nirvana ②died ③silent
  • セキ
    		(entering into) nirvana ②died ③silent

Main Radical

宀(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

さびさびしいさびれる 83.0%
ジャク 8.6%
セキ 8.4%

Character Breakdown

loneliness, quietly, mellow
さび　ジャク　セキ (7th, N1)
shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)
ベン　メン (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
uncle, youth
シュク　よし (9th, N1)
younger of brothers, father's younger brother, younger brother of a husband
シュク　まめ
above, up
ジョウ　うえ　あ.げる (1st, N5)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク　うらな.う　うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
little, small
ショウ　こ-　ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ　かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ　や　はっ (1st, N5)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また　ユウ　やす (8th, N1)

Common Words

さび
寂
　
し
　
い
lonely
せき
寂
ばく
寞
lonely ②loneliness
さび
寂
　
し
　
さ
(feeling of) loneliness
せい
静
じゃく
寂
silence
さび
寂
patina ②elegant simplicity ③well-trained voice
さび
寂
　
れ
　
る
to decline (in prosperity) ②to taper off (of a sound)
さび
寂
　
し
　
が
　
り
や
屋
lonely person
さび
寂
　
し
　
げ
seeming lonely
　
う
　
ら
さび
寂
　
し
　
い
lonesome
さび
寂
　
し
　
が
　
る
to miss someone
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References

Unicode hex code 5BC2
JIS X 0208 1-28-68
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1315
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Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3m8.2
Four corner code 3094.7
De Roo Code 767