The kanji 賊: meaning, readings and stroke order

賊

Meaning: robber, bandit
On reading: ゾク zoku
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 13
Radical: 貝 shell
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: kẻ cướp, giặc (tặc)
Japanese: どろぼう。わるもの。
Korean: 도둑, 도적 (적)
Chinese: 贼、强盗 (贼)

Readings, words and example sentences

ゾク zoku · on reading · less common

海かい賊ぞく
pirate
海かい賊ぞくの出てくる物語です。
This is a story with pirates in it.

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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.