罪

罪 — guilt, sin, crime

JLPT: JLPT N3
Strokes: 13
Taught in: School year 5
Frequency: #732 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: ざい zai
Kun'yomi: つみ tsumi

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 罪

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