The kanji 戯: meaning, readings and stroke order

戯

Meaning: play, joke
On reading: ギ gi
Kun reading: たわむ（れる） tawamureru
Strokes: 15
Radical: 戈 spear, halberd
Level: Level 7 · junior high school
Old form: 戲

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: đùa giỡn, trò chơi (hý)
Japanese: たわむれる。あそび。
Korean: 장난치다, 놀이 (희)
Chinese: 嬉戏、游戏 (戏)

Readings, words and example sentences

ギ gi · on reading · less common

遊ゆう戯ぎ
play, games (with music or movement)
遊ゆう戯ぎの時間が好きです。
I like playtime.

たわむ（れる） tawamureru · kun reading · less common

戯たわむれる
to play around
子ねこが 戯たわむれて います。
The kittens are playing around.

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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.