嗇 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「口」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「口」
- On
- ショク
- Kun
- やぶさ.か・おし.む
- Meaning
- stingy
Origin
A pictograph of grain shut away in a store: to hold back, to be stingy.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 吝嗇りんしょく
stinginess
- 嗇むおしむ
to grudge; to spare
Example
吝嗇だと陰口をたたかれた。
They were called stingy behind their back.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)