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The kanji 寂: meaning, readings and stroke order
寂
- Meaning
- lonely, quiet
- On reading
- ジャク jaku、セキ* seki
- Kun reading
- さび sabi、さび（しい） sabishii、さび（れる） sabireru
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 宀 roof
- Level
- Level 7 · junior high school
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- cô đơn, vắng lặng (tịch)
- Japanese
- さびしい。しずか。
- Korean
- 쓸쓸하다, 고요하다 (적)
- Chinese
- 寂寞、寂静
Readings, words and example sentences
ジャク jaku · on reading · less common
静寂
silence, stillness
森は 静寂に つつまれて います。
The forest is wrapped in silence.
さび sabi · kun reading · less common
寂
the quiet beauty of old things
古い 庭に 寂を 感じます。
I feel the quiet beauty of age in the old garden.
さび（しい） sabishii · kun reading
寂しい
lonely
一人だと 寂しいです。
I feel lonely when I'm by myself.
さび（れる） sabireru · kun reading · less common
寂れる
to become quiet and empty, to decline
商店街が 寂れて きました。
The shopping street has become quiet and empty.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
Practise writing 寂 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 寂 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 7 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.