寂

寂 — loneliness, quietly, mellow

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 11
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #1599 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: じゃく jaku

せき seki
Kun'yomi: さび sabi

さび.しい sabi.shii

さび.れる sabi.reru

さみ.しい sami.shii

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 寂

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

寂しいさびしい lonely (e.g. person, feeling) JLPT N4