Jisho

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13 strokes
Radical:
sickness
Parts:
Variants:
stupid, foolish
Kun:
し.れるおろか
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1663 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 痴 【チ】 foolishness, fool, moha (ignorance, folly)
  • 痴呆 【チホウ】 dementia, stupidity, foolishness, fool, idiot
  • 愚痴 【グチ】 idle complaint, grumble, moha (ignorance, folly)
  • 白痴 【ハクチ】 idiot, retard, idiocy, profound mental retardation

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chi1
Korean:
chi

Spanish

  • estúpido
  • tonto

Portuguese

  • tolo
  • estúpido

French

  • idiot
  • stupide
1575 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1976 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3061 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1663 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1548 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1813 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1957 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1738 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1356 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4072 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2066 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2800 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1699 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
22257 Morohashi
3286 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3823 New Nelson (John Haig)
1683 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1814 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1649 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
577 2001 Kanji
5i8.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-5-8 SKIP code
0016.0 Four corner code
1-35-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
75f4 Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 呆 【ホウ】 (I'm) shocked
  • 呆ける 【ボケル】 to grow senile, to be childish with age, to be mentally slow, to be befuddled, to play stupid, to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine), to become engrossed in, to become absorbed in
  • 痴呆 【チホウ】 dementia, stupidity, foolishness, fool, idiot
  • 踊る阿呆に見る阿呆 【オドルアホウニミルアホウ】 you're a fool if you dance, and a fool if you just look on; we're all fools, so let's dance

Kun reading compounds

  • 呆ける 【ぼける】 to grow senile, to be childish with age, to be mentally slow, to be befuddled, to play stupid, to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine), to become engrossed in, to become absorbed in
  • 呆れる 【あきれる】 to be amazed, to be shocked, to be astonished, to be astounded, to be disgusted, to be exasperated, to be fed up

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dai1, ai2
Korean:
mae, bo

Spanish

  • perplejidad
  • conmoción
  • estar perplejo
  • estar conmocionado

Portuguese

French

896 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2712 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3395 Morohashi
738 New Nelson (John Haig)
2181 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2297 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3d4.13 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-4 SKIP code
6090.4 Four corner code
1-42-82 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5446 Unicode hex code