賊
賊 — Burglar
burglar, rebel, traitor, robber
On’yomiゾク (zoku)
Kun’yomi—
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 賊
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 海賊 | かいぞく kaizoku | pirate |
| 盗賊 | とうぞく touzoku | thief; robber; burglar |
| 海賊版 | かいぞくばん kaizokuban | pirated edition; pirated version; bootleg copy |
| 賊 | ぞく zoku | thief; robber; burglar |
| 烏賊 | イカ ika | cuttlefish; squid |
| 山賊 | さんぞく sanzoku | bandit; brigand |
Study notes
賊 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 13 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #2045 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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