侘と寂 (わびとさび) — taste for the simple and quiet, wabi and sabi | Kakuso

Vocabulary

Meaning

taste for the simple and quiet and wabi and sabi

Practice Writing

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Stroke: 1/0

Component Analysis

taste for the simple and quiet, wabi and sabi

わびとさび

侘

わび.しい, ほこ.る, タ

亻

( 人 ) radical number 9

宅

home, house, residence...

宀

shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)

冖

wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)

乇

to depend on, to entrust with

タク, チャク

丿

katakana no radical (no. 4)

えい, よう, ヘツ

七

なな, なな.つ, シチ

一

one, one radical (no.1)

ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ

乙

the latter, duplicate, strange...

おと-, きのと, オツ

寂

loneliness, quietly, mellow...

さび, さび.しい, ジャク

宀

shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)

冖

wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)

叔

尗

younger of brothers, father's younger brother, younger brother of a husband

まめ, シュク

上

うえ, -うえ, ジョウ

卜

( ト ) divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)

うらな.う, うらない, ボク

一

one, one radical (no.1)

ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ

小

ちい.さい, こ-, ショウ

又

or again, furthermore, on the other hand

また, また-, ユウ

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