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賊

burglar
Stroke count: 13

Readings

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JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. burglarRtK
    賊は裏口の開いた窓から入った。The thief entered the house at the back door by the open window.tatoeba
    賊が彼の家に押し入った。Burglars broke into his house.tatoeba
  2. rebel
  3. traitor
  4. robber
    盗賊の一団が一行に襲いかかった。A band of robbers attacked the party.tatoeba
  1. foe
  2. enemy
  3. rival
  4. resentment
  5. enmity

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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shellfish · clam · oyster · eye (目) · animal legs (儿) · eight (八) · ten (十) · needle (丨) · fiesta

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 381

Compound words

海賊かいぞく
pirate
山賊さんぞく
bandit; brigand
盗賊とうぞく
thief; robber; burglar; bandit
烏賊イカ
cuttlefish
巨賊きょぞく
big-time bandit
国賊こくぞく
traitor (to one's country)
鼠賊そぞく
petty thief
賊軍ぞくぐん
rebel army
賊名ぞくめい
(the stigma of) the name of "rebel"
匪賊ひぞく
bandit
蛍烏賊ほたるいか
firefly squid (Watasenia scintillans)
盗賊鴎トウゾクカモメ
skua (any bird of family Stercorariidae, incl. the jaegers)
鯣烏賊するめいか
Japanese common squid
黒盗賊鴎くろとうぞくかもめ
parasitic jaeger
障泥烏賊アオリイカ
bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana)
勝てば官軍、負ければ賊軍かてばかんぐん、まければぞくぐん
might is right

On Reading Examples

昨晩私の家に賊が押し入った。ぞく
Some burglars broke into my house last night.tatoeba
かつてこの海域には海賊がよく出没していた。かいぞく
Pirates once appeared frequently in this area of the sea.tatoeba

Additional Examples

盗賊達は待っていた車で逃亡した。
The thieves made off in a waiting car.tatoeba
盗賊は彼を縛り上げて窓から逃走した。
The thieves tied him up and escaped through the window.tatoeba
盗賊が暗い戸口に潜んでいた。
A thief lurked in the dark doorway.tatoeba

Stroke Order

13 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 賊

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