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窃 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「穴」

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準2High school level ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「穴」
On
セツせつ · setsu
Kun
ぬす.む・ひそ.かnusu.mu · hiso.ka
Meaning
steal; stealthy

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A hole plus vermin nibbling away grain: to take by stealth.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onセツせつsetsu窃盗せっとう窃取せっしゅ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 窃盗せっとう

    theft

  • 窃取せっしゅ

    purloining

More words with this kanji

  • 剽窃ひょうせつ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

男(おとこ)は窃盗(せっとう)の疑(うたが)いで逮捕(たいほ)された。

The man was arrested on suspicion of theft.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

窃取窃盗窃取take盗steal窯kiln窮destit…穴hole究invest…穹the va…拙clumsy切to cut折to fol…泄to lea…刹temple
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 穴Map of reading セツAll maps

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