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Kanji Detail for 戚 - "to grieve"

戚

  • Meaning

    戚 means "to grieve." Also associated with family, small axe.

    1. Family - Relatives; kinfolk; family members.

    2. To grieve - To sorrow; to lament; to be sorrowful.

    3. Small axe - A small hatchet.

  • Words using 戚

    • 親戚 しんせき Listen relative; relation; kin

  • Four-character idioms with 戚

    • 親戚知己 しんせきちき Listen relatives and acquaintances

  • Tattoo check: 戚

    • Verified meaning: to grieve
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read すみあき, すみはる, せき, ちい)
    • Also carries these associations: family, small axe

    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.

  • Name readings of 戚

    Surnames 戚(すみあき)Listen 戚(すみはる)Listen 戚(せき)Listen 戚(ちい)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    grieve; relatives

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    relative; be related to; sad

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 戚[qi1]; grief; sorrow

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    ashamed, grieving; related to; relative

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

    Sorrow. Such as 哀戚之容. | Worry. All worrisome matters are 戚. Such as 休戚相關. | Relative. In-laws are also 外戚. In old custom, imperial relatives were called 皇親國戚. | An axe.

  • Onyomi

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    seki(セキ) セキ

    soku(ソク) ソク

  • Kunyomi

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    ita.mu(いた-む) いた-む

    miuchi(みうち) みうち

    ure.eru(うれ-える) うれ-える

  • Strokes

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    11 strokes

  • Radical

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    戈 (hokozukuri・hokogamae・hoko・kanohoko)

  • Related Keywords

    family to grieve small axe grief sadness sorrow mourning relatives kinfolk anguish bereavement heartache lament distress

Sentences including 戚

  • He is no relation to me.

  • Are you related to him?

Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces

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