The kanji 盗: meaning, readings and stroke order

盗

Meaning: steal
On reading: トウ tou
Kun reading: ぬす（む） nusumu
Strokes: 11
Radical: 皿 dish
Level: Level 7 · junior high school
Old form: 盜

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: ăn trộm (đạo)
Japanese: ぬすむ。
Korean: 훔치다 (도)
Chinese: 偷、盗窃

Readings, words and example sentences

トウ tou · on reading · less common

盗とう難なん
theft, being robbed
自転車の 盗とう難なんに気をつけます。
I am careful so my bike does not get stolen.

ぬす（む） nusumu · kun reading

盗ぬすむ
to steal
人の物を 盗ぬすんでは いけません。
You must not steal other people's things.

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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.