寂
lonely; loneliness; quietly; mellow; mature; death of a priest
11 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1599.
Readings
- さびしい (kun reading): 寂しい (さびしい) lonely (e.g. person, feeling); 口寂しい (くちさびしい) craving for food, a cigarette, etc.
- ジャク (on reading): 静寂 (せいじゃく) silence; 寂 (じゃく) (entering into) nirvana
- さび (kun reading): 寂 (さび) patina; 侘び寂び (わびさび) wabi-sabi
- さびれる (kun reading): 寂れる (さびれる) to decline (in prosperity)
- セキ (on reading): 寂寥感 (せきりょうかん) feeling of loneliness; 寂寥 (せきりょう) loneliness
- さみしい (kun reading)
Components
Words using 寂
- 寂しい (さびしい) lonely (e.g. person, feeling)
- 口寂しい (くちさびしい) craving for food, a cigarette, etc.
- 物寂しい (ものさびしい) lonely
- 心寂しい (こころさびしい) lonely
- 懐が寂しい (ふところがさびしい) strapped for cash
- 静寂 (せいじゃく) silence
- 寂 (じゃく) (entering into) nirvana
- 示寂 (じじゃく) death of a high-ranking priest
- 入寂 (にゅうじゃく) death of a priest
- 涅槃寂静 (ねはんじゃくじょう) enlightenment leads to serenity
- 寂 (さび) patina
- 侘び寂び (わびさび) wabi-sabi
- 寂しがる (さびしがる) to miss someone
- 侘と寂 (わびとさび) taste for the simple and quiet
- 寂しん坊 (さびしんぼう) person who gets lonely easily
- 寂れる (さびれる) to decline (in prosperity)
- 寂寥感 (せきりょうかん) feeling of loneliness
- 寂寥 (せきりょう) loneliness
- 寂寞 (せきばく) lonely
- 寂然 (せきぜん) lonely
- 闃寂 (げきせき) silent and still
45 words in all.