痴

foolish; stupid

13 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1663.

Readings

• チ (on reading): 愚痴 (ぐち) idle complaint; 愚痴る (ぐちる) to grumble
• しれる (kun reading): 痴れ者 (しれもの) fool; 痴れ言 (しれごと) foolish talk
• おろか (kun reading)

Components

• 疒
• 知
• 乞 radical beg
• 口 radical mouth
• 疔 radical sickness
• 矢 radical arrow

Words using 痴

• 愚痴 (ぐち) idle complaint
• 愚痴る (ぐちる) to grumble
• 痴漢 (ちかん) molester
• 音痴 (おんち) tone deafness
• 痴女 (ちじょ) female molester
• 痴れ者 (しれもの) fool
• 痴れ言 (しれごと) foolish talk
• 痴れる (しれる) to become foolish
• 痴れ事 (しれごと) foolish act

49 words in all.

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