戚

kin; grieve; relatives

11 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school.

Readings

• セキ (on reading): 親戚 (しんせき) relative; 外戚 (がいせき) maternal relative
• ソク (on reading)
• いたむ (kun reading)
• うれえる (kun reading)
• みうち (kun reading)

Components

• 戊
• 尗
• ノ radical slash, katakana no
• 卜 radical divination
• 小 radical small
• 戈 radical halberd

Kanji containing 戚

• 槭 maple tree
• 蹙 a tight place

Words using 戚

• 親戚 (しんせき) relative
• 外戚 (がいせき) maternal relative
• 縁戚 (えんせき) relative
• 姻戚関係 (いんせきかんけい) relation by marriage
• 遠戚 (えんせき) distant relative

15 words in all.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists