Kanji

戯

Meaning

frolic play and sport

Readings

Kun'yomi

  • たわむれる
  • ざれる
  • じゃれる

On'yomi

  • しょう ぎ shogi
  • ぎ だん joke
  • ぎ きょく drama
  • げ さく cheap literature
  • げ さくしゃ fiction writer
  • げ さくざんまい being absorbed in writing popular novels (cheap fiction)

Practice Writing

Stroke: 1/15

Related Entries

戯 あじゃら
pleasantry, joke, tomfoolery

Component Analysis

戯
frolic, play, sport
たわむ.れる, ざ.れる, ギ
虚
void, emptiness, unpreparedness...
むな.しい, うつ.ろ, キョ
虍
tiger spots, mottled, tiger or tiger crown radical (no. 141)
コ
七
seven
なな, なな.つ, シチ
一
one, one radical (no.1)
ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ
业
戈
halberd, arms, festival car...
ほこ, ほこづくり, カ
弋
piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)
いぐるみ, ヨク
丿
katakana no radical (no. 4)
えい, よう, ヘツ
弋
piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)
いぐるみ, ヨク
丶
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ

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