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戚

Relatives
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingセキ
Kun readingみうち、うれ.える
JōyōGrade 8Level 35

Meanings

  1. relativesRtK
    彼は親戚の家に身を寄せている。He is staying with his relatives.tatoeba
  2. grieve

Popular Usage

親戚

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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half-uncle · above · small (小) · little (小) · parade

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 385

Compound words

親戚しんせき
relative; relation; kin
姻戚いんせき
in-law
縁戚えんせき
relative
遠戚えんせき
distant relative
外戚がいせき
maternal relative
休戚きゅうせき
weal and woe
憂戚ゆうせき
grief
姻戚関係いんせきかんけい
relation by marriage
親戚関係しんせきかんけい
relations
親戚知己しんせきちき
relatives and acquaintances
親戚眷属しんせきけんぞく
one's family and relatives
遠くの親戚より近くの他人とおくのしんせきよりちかくのたにん
a neighbour is better than a relative living far

Additional Examples

彼は彼女の遠い親戚だ。
He is a distant relation of hers.tatoeba
彼は彼女と遠い親戚関係にある。
He is distantly related to her.tatoeba
彼は私の親戚ではない。
He is no relation to me.tatoeba

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Relatives. 戊 (axe) + 尗 — an axe with beans; used in 親戚 — relatives.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 戚

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step