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寂

JLPT N1 · 11 strokes

The kanji 寂 — “lonely, quiet, forlorn”

寂 means lonely, quiet, forlorn and is a JLPT N1 kanji. It has 11 strokes and uses the roof radical (宀).

Stroke order · 11 strokes

On'yomi (音読み): ジャク、セキ
Kun'yomi (訓読み): さび、さみ(しい)
Radical: 宀 · roof
Strokes: 11

How to remember 寂

Silent beneath the roof (宀) — emptiness. 寂しい (feeling lonely); わび寂び is the soul of Japanese aesthetics!

Example words with 寂

Kun'yomi readings

寂しいさびしいlonely, desolate
寂びさびsabi (aesthetic of quiet elegance)

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