The kanji 辞: meaning, readings and stroke order

辞

Meaning: word, quit
On reading: ジ ji
Kun reading: や（める） yameru
Strokes: 13
Radical: 辛 bitter
Level: Level 4 · grade 4
Old form: 辭

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: lời nói, thôi (việc) (từ)
Japanese: ことば。やめる。
Korean: 말, 그만두다 (사)
Chinese: 言辞、辞职

Readings, words and example sentences

ジ ji · on reading

辞じ書しょ
dictionary
辞じ書しょを使って調べます。
I use a dictionary to look things up.

や（める） yameru · kun reading · less common

辞やめる
to quit (a job)
父が会社を 辞やめました。
My dad quit his job at the company.

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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.