罪 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「罒」
道6Elementary year 5 ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「罒」
- On
- ザイざい · zai
- Kun
- つみtsumi
- Meaning
- crime; sin; guilt
Stroke order
Origin
罒 "net" over 非 "wrong"; wrongdoing caught in a net — hence "crime, sin."
Readings and examples
| Onザイざいzai | 罪状ざいじょう犯罪はんざい謝罪しゃざい |
|---|---|
| Kunつみtsumi | 罪つみ |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 犯罪はんざい
crime
- 無罪むざい
innocence; not guilty
- 謝罪しゃざい
- 冤罪えんざい
- 罪孼ざいげつ
- 贖罪しょくざい
Example
うそをつくのは罪だ。
Telling lies is a sin.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)