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Kanji Detail for 戯 - "to jest"
戯
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Meaning
戯 means "to jest." Also associated with acting, performance.
To play - To joke around; to frolic.
Jest - A joke; a game.
Play - Theater; drama; performance.
To jest - To play around.
To act foolishly - To do silly things.
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Words using 戯
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戯曲
ぎきょく
drama; play; Chinese opera
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戯れ
たわむれ
play; sport; fun
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悪戯
いたずら
mischief; prank; trick
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戯れる
たわむれる
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something)
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戯曲
ぎきょく
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Four-character idioms with 戯
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戯作三昧
げさくざんまい
being absorbed in writing popular novels (cheap fiction); being absorbed in writing something to amuse oneself
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戯作三昧
げさくざんまい
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Tattoo check: 戯
- Verified meaning: to jest
- Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
- Also carries these associations: acting, performance
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.
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
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Onyomi
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Kunyomi
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Strokes
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Radical
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Related Keywords
Sentences including 戯
A group of children were playing.
Tom's dog bit him playfully.
He wrote several plays in verse.
The play was not well acted.
Life is not all beer and skittles.
He wrote a fine preface to the play.
The older boys are always playing tricks on him.
「ハムレット」はこれまでで最もおもしろい戯曲だと言われている。
It is said that "Hamlet" is the most interesting play ever written.
生粋のお嬢様だからな。残念ながら悪戯とかじゃなくてあれで素だ。
She's pure bred blue-blood you see. Unfortunately that's no sort of put-on but her natural self.
シェイクスピアは、その戯曲が世界的に有名だが、約４００年前の人である。
Shakespeare, whose plays are world-famous, lived some four hundred years ago.
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
もしそれが詐りでなかったならば、（実際それは詐りとは思えなかったが）、今までの奥さんの訴えは感傷を玩ぶためにとくに私を相手に拵えた、徒らな女性の遊戯と取れない事もなかった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
しかしその日は、時候が時候なので、そんなに調戯われるほど食欲が進まなかった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
月曜になって、学校へ出ると、私は朝っぱらそうそう級友の一人から調戯われました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
妻は笑って取り合いませんでしたが、何を思ったものか、突然私に、では殉死でもしたらよかろうと調戯いました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
月曜になって、学校へ出ると、私は朝っぱらそうそう級友の一人から調戯われました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
妻は笑って取り合いませんでしたが、何を思ったものか、突然私に、では殉死でもしたらよかろうと調戯いました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha