| 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) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
732 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
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
- Korean:
- joe
Spanish
- culpabilidad
- pecado
- delito
- crimen
- defecto
- culpa
Portuguese
- culpa
- pecado
- crime
- falta
- ofensa
French
- culpabilité
- péché
- crime
- faute
- responsabilité
- délit
| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1220 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 罰 【バツ】 punishment, penalty
- 罰一 【バツイチ】 being once divorced, one-time divorcee, one x mark (i.e. one name struck from the family register)
- 賞罰 【ショウバツ】 reward and punishment
- 行政罰 【ギョウセイバツ】 administrative punishment, administrative penalty
- 罰 【バチ】 (divine) punishment, curse, retribution
- 罰当たり 【バチアタリ】 damned, cursed, accursed
- 仏罰 【ブツバチ】 punishment by Buddha, divine retribution
Kun reading compounds
- 罰する 【ばっする】 to punish, to penalize, to penalise
Readings
- Korean:
- beol
Spanish
- pena
- castigo
Portuguese
- penalidade
- punição
French
- punition
- châtiment
| 1709 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1374 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3646 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 936 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1654 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 886 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 907 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1317 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1467 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3228 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1675 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2266 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 841 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 28315 | Morohashi |
| 2613 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4647 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 833 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 896 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1726 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3643 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5g9.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-5-9 | SKIP code |
| 6062.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-40-19 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7f70 | Unicode hex code |