Jisho

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13 strokes
Radical:
net 网 (罒, ⺲, 罓, ⺳)
Parts:
guilt, sin, crime, fault, blame, offense
Kun:
つみ
On:
ザイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
732 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 罪 【ザイ】 crime
  • 罪悪 【ザイアク】 crime, sin, vice
  • 同罪 【ドウザイ】 same crime, being equally guilty, bearing the same amount of responsibility
  • 功罪 【コウザイ】 merits and demerits, good points and bad points, strengths and weaknesses

Kun reading compounds

  • 罪 【つみ】 crime, sin, wrongdoing, indiscretion, penalty, sentence, punishment, fault, responsibility, culpability, thoughtlessness, lack of consideration
  • 罪滅ぼし 【つみほろぼし】 atonement (for one's sins), expiation, making amends, making up for (a misdeed)
  • 無実の罪 【むじつのつみ】 false charge
  • 重い罪 【おもいつみ】 serious crime, grave crime

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zui4
Korean:
joe

Spanish

  • culpabilidad
  • pecado
  • delito
  • crimen
  • defecto
  • culpa

Portuguese

  • culpa
  • pecado
  • crime
  • falta
  • ofensa

French

  • culpabilité
  • péché
  • crime
  • faute
  • responsabilité
  • délit
794 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
713 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
686 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
928 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3643 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
748 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
830 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2006 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
885 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
906 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1047 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1464 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3224 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1673 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2264 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1651 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
28293 Morohashi
2610 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4644 New Nelson (John Haig)
1636 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1764 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
775 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3654 2001 Kanji
5g8.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-8 SKIP code
6011.1 Four corner code
1-26-65 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7f6a Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
enclosure
Parts:
Variants:
captured, criminal, arrest, catch
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2107 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 囚 【シュウ】 imprisonment, captive, prisoner
  • 囚人 【シュウジン】 prisoner, convict
  • 確定死刑囚 【カクテイシケイシュウ】 criminal condemned to death, convict on death row
  • 罪囚 【ザイシュウ】 prisoner, convict

Kun reading compounds

  • 囚われる 【とらわれる】 to be caught, to be captured, to be taken prisoner, to be arrested, to be apprehended, to be seized with (fear, etc.), to be a slave to, to stick to, to adhere to, to be swayed by

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qiu2
Korean:
su

Spanish

  • esclavitud
  • prisión
  • cautividad
  • esclavizar
  • encarcelar

Portuguese

  • cativo
  • criminoso
  • prisão
  • pegar

French

  • capturer
  • criminel
  • arrêter
  • attraper
  • prison
1353 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1830 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1024 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1538 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1146 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1195 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1258 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1717 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
336 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3776 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1926 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2618 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1027 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4680 Morohashi
3042 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
937 New Nelson (John Haig)
1018 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1094 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1044 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1262 2001 Kanji
3s2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-2 SKIP code
6080.0 Four corner code
1-28-92 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
56da Unicode hex code