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Keyword
lonely
  • loneliness
  • quietly
  • mellow
  • mature
  • death of a priest
Frequency
#1599
Strokes
11
Grade
8
JLPT (old)
N1
Heisig
777
Readings
さび40%
ジャク20%
セキ20%
さみ20%
Mnemonic
Uncle sits alone beneath his roof with a chimney, puffing smoke, so lonely that the neighbors have started sending him postcards.
Stroke order
Composed of
宀roof with a chimney叔uncle
Used in vocabulary
寂さびしい
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; forlorn; desolate; deserted; lonely (e.g. place); isolated; solitary; sad; lacking; …
I-adjective
寂せき然ぜん
lonely; desolate
Noun
静せい寂じゃく
silence; stillness; quietness
Noun
寂さび
patina; antique look; elegant simplicity; well-trained voice
Noun
寂じゃく
(entering into) nirvana; died; silent; tranquil
Noun
寂さびしげ
seeming lonely
Na-adjective
寂せき寥りょう
loneliness; desolateness
Noun
寂せき寞ばく
lonely; lonesome; dreary; desolate; deserted; forlorn
Taru-adjective
寂じゃく寞まく
lonely; lonesome; dreary; desolate; deserted; forlorn
Taru-adjective
寂じゃっ光こう
light of wisdom (when nearing nirvana); silent illumination; paradise; nirvana
Noun
寂じゃく滅めつ
achieving nirvana; death
Noun
寂じゃく静じょう
quiet; stillness; tranquility; enlightenment; nirvana
Noun
寂さびれる
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate
Ichidan verb
侘わび寂さび
wabi-sabi; aesthetic sense in Japanese art centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection
Noun
物もの寂さびしい
lonely
I-adjective
入にゅう寂じゃく
death of a priest; nirvana; spiritual liberty
Noun
閑かん寂じゃく
quiet; peaceful; tranquil
Na-adjective