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Kanji Detail for 賊 - "thief, rebel, bandit"

賊

  • Meaning

    賊 means "thief, rebel, bandit."

    1. Thief - One who steals.

    2. Rebel - One who opposes authority.

    3. Bandit - A robber or outlaw.

    4. Harm - To injure or damage.

  • Words using 賊

    • 海賊 かいぞく Listen pirate
    • 盗賊 とうぞく Listen thief; robber; burglar

  • Four-character idioms with 賊

    • 乱臣賊子 らんしんぞくし Listen rebels against one's lord and one's parents; rebellious (treacherous) subject; traitor

  • Tattoo check: 賊

    • Verified meaning: thief, rebel, bandit
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    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

    burglar; rebel; traitor; robber

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    thief, traitor

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    thief; robber; (bound form) traitor; subversive; (bound form) evil; wicked; sly; shifty; devious; (literary) to harm; to injure; (coll.) extremely; insanely; damn (common in NE China and Taiwan)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    thief, traitor; cunning, sly

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

    To harm. "Mencius" says "One who harms benevolence is called a thief. One who harms righteousness is called a destroyer." All killing and harming people is called 賊. Such as 陰賊 (secretly harm), 戕賊 (injure). Therefore cursing someone who brings calamity to the people and nation is called 民賊 (enemy of the people), 國賊 (traitor). | One who robs is called 賊. Such as 寇賊 (bandits), 盜賊 (robbers). Today generally, armed robbery is called 盜. Theft is called 賊. | Pests that eat the joints of seedlings are called 賊. Such as 蟊賊 (pests). Appears in "Book of Odes."

  • Onyomi

    tip

    zoku(ゾク) ゾク

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    13 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    貝 (kai・kaihen・kogai)

  • Related Keywords

    thief rebel bandit harm rob villain robber pirate burglar criminal plunder loot steal marauder outlaw

Sentences including 賊

  • Let's pretend we're pirates.

  • The bandits made a raid on the village.

  • Watch out for thieves around here.

  • Let's make believe that we're pirates.

  • Burglars broke into his house.

  • If you win, you are in the right, but if you lose, you are in the wrong.

  • The pirates buried their treasure in the ground.

  • That's thieves' cant.

  • Tom is wearing a pirate costume.

  • Mary was kidnapped by pirates.

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