戯 – vocab dash

Keyword

playful

frolic
play
sport

Frequency: #1880
Strokes: 15
Grade: 8
JLPT (old): N1
Heisig: 2149

Readings

ギ60%

たわむ40%

Mnemonic

A kid with a toy dagger-axe chases a ghost without a physical form around the yard, giggling, utterly playful.

Stroke order

Composed of

虚without a physical form 戈dagger-axe

Used in vocabulary

遊ゆう戯ぎ

play; playing; game; play and dance (at a kindergarten or elementary school)

Noun

悪戯いたずら

mischief; prank; trick; practical joke; mischievous; naughty; pastime; hobby; playing with (e.g. a lighter); fooling around with; …

Noun

戯ぎ曲きょく

drama; play; Chinese opera

Noun

球きゅう戯ぎ

ball game (e.g. baseball, tennis, soccer)

Noun

悪わる戯じゃれ

offensive joke

Noun

戯あじゃら

pleasantry; joke; tomfoolery

Noun

戯言たわごと

nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish

Noun

戯ぎ言げん

joke; jest

Noun

戯たわむれ

play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest; flirtation

Noun

戯たわむれる

to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to play; to sport; to frolic; to joke; to flirt with

Ichidan verb

戯ぎ画が

caricature; cartoon; comics

Noun

戯たわけ

tomfoolery; foolish act; nonsense; fool; idiot

Noun

戯おどけ

joke; witticism; pleasantry; attempt at humour; attempt at humor

Noun

戯ざれ言ごと

joke; jest; gag

Noun

戯じゃれる

to play around (of a cat, dog, etc.); to frisk; to gambol; to frolic

Ichidan verb

悪戯いたずら書がき

scribbling; doodling; graffiti

Noun

戯げ作さく

cheap literature; writing for amusement; light literature popular in the late Edo period

Noun

児じ戯ぎ

mere child's play

Noun

演えん戯ぎ

drama; play

Noun

戯おどける

to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to talk foolishly; to act indecently; to be silly over

Ichidan verb

戯じゃらす

to play with; to toy with; to tease

Godan verb

悪戯いたずらっぽい

roguish; impish

I-adjective

戯ぎ書しょ

rambling writings

Noun