痴

stupid

Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingチ

Kun readingし.れる、おろか

Jōyō Grade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

stupidRtK
彼は方向音痴だ。He has no sense of direction.tatoeba
彼は酒を飲むと、息子の愚痴をこぼすのがお決まりだ。He never drinks without complaining about his son.tatoeba
foolish

molester
groper
masher
pervert
fool

Popular Usage

Radicals and components

Radical疒sickness

Components

How it's built

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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sickness · hospital · know · dart · drop (丶) · heavens · mouth (口)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1814

Compound words

idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)

痴漢ちかん

molester; groper; masher; pervert; fool

痴呆ちほう

dementia; stupidity; foolishness; fool; idiot

音痴おんち

tone deafness; amusia; having no ear for music; having no sense of (e.g. direction); being hopeless when it comes to (e.g. computers)

方向音痴ほうこうおんち

(person with) no sense of direction; poor sense of locality

痴情ちじょう

being struck mad by love

痴人ちじん

痴態ちたい

白痴はくち

痴ほうちほう

貪瞋痴とんじんち

the three kilesas that poison the heart of man (greed, hatred and delusion)

痴話喧嘩ちわげんか

lovers' quarrel

痴がましいおこがましい

Additional Examples

彼は私にあうといつも自分の奥さんの愚痴を言う。

He never sees me without complaining about his wife.tatoeba

一日中、愚痴をこぼしてばかりいる。

He does nothing but complain all day long.tatoeba

Stroke Order

13 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 痴

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