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Kanji Detail for 疑 - "to doubt, to suspect"

疑

  • Meaning

    疑 means "to doubt, to suspect." Also associated with to hesitate.

    1. Doubt - To question; to be uncertain.

    2. Suspect - To distrust; to be suspicious.

    3. Hesitate - To waver; to be undecided.

  • Words using 疑

    • 疑い うたがい Listen doubt; question; uncertainty
    • 容疑者 ようぎしゃ Listen suspect
    • 容疑 ようぎ Listen suspicion; charge
    • 疑問 ぎもん Listen doubt; question; suspicion
    • 疑惑 ぎわく Listen doubt; misgivings; distrust
    • 質疑 しつぎ Listen question; interpellation
    • 疑念 ぎねん Listen doubt; suspicion; misgivings
    • 疑う うたがう Listen to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of

  • Four-character idioms with 疑

    • 半信半疑 はんしんはんぎ Listen half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious
    • 疑心暗鬼 ぎしんあんき Listen suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
    • 夏虫疑氷 かちゅうぎひょう Listen being narrow-minded due to limited experience; refusing to believe in things outside of one's own limited experience
    • 狐疑逡巡 こぎしゅんじゅん Listen being in doubt and unable to decide; hesitation and indecision
    • 質疑応答 しつぎおうとう Listen question and answer session
    • 遅疑逡巡 ちぎしゅんじゅん Listen shilly-shally; hesitation; indecision

  • Tattoo check: 疑

    • Verified meaning: to doubt, to suspect
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: to hesitate
    • Traditionally considered inauspicious in names — Japanese readers may find it an unlucky choice. Check the meanings above carefully before using it on skin.

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    doubt; distrust; be suspicious; question

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    doubt, question, suspect

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (bound form) to doubt; to suspect

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to doubt, to question, to suspect

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The heart having something it does not yet believe. Such as 闕疑 (reserving doubt). Meaning what the heart does not believe, one does not rashly judge by one's own opinion. | To resemble. Such as 嫌疑 (suspicion). Meaning suspecting something is similar.

  • Onyomi

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    gi(ギ) ギ

  • Kunyomi

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    utaga.u(うたが-う) うたが-う

  • Strokes

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    14 strokes

  • Radical

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    疋 (hiki・hikihen)

  • Related Keywords

    doubt suspect hesitate bewilder suspicious suspicion disbelief distrust hesitation mistrust qualm query question skepticism uncertain waver

Sentences including 疑

  • Do you doubt that he will win?

  • There is no doubt about it.

  • There is no doubt whatever about it.

  • It is doubtful whether he did his homework by himself.

  • Why should you suspect me?

  • It is quite strange that she should say so.

  • She was in doubt about the ability of her husband.

  • There is no room for doubt.

  • You are always doubting my word.

  • I doubt if it will.

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