痴
痴 — Stupid
stupid, foolish
On’yomiチ (chi)
Kun’yomiしれる (shireru)
Kun’yomiおろか (oroka)
Stroke order (13 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 痴
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 痴呆 | ちほう chihou | dementia; stupidity; foolishness |
| 愚痴 | ぐち guchi | idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly) |
| 痴漢 | ちかん chikan | molester; groper; masher |
| 方向音痴 | ほうこうおんち houkouonchi | (person with) no sense of direction; poor sense of locality |
| 音痴 | おんち onchi | tone deafness; amusia; having no ear for music |
| 白痴 | はくち hakuchi | idiot; idiocy; profound mental retardation |
Study notes
痴 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 13 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1663 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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