窃

pilfer; stealth; steal; secret; private; hushed

9 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1871.

Readings

• セツ (on reading): 窃盗 (せっとう) theft; 窃盗罪 (せっとうざい) (crime of) theft
• ぬすむ (kun reading)
• ひそか (kun reading)

Components

• 穴
• 切
• 儿 radical legs
• 刀 radical sword
• 匕 radical spoon
• 宀 radical roof
• 穴 radical cave

Words using 窃

• 窃盗 (せっとう) theft
• 窃盗罪 (せっとうざい) (crime of) theft
• 窃盗犯 (せっとうはん) theft
• 剽窃 (ひょうせつ) plagiarism
• 窃取 (せっしゅ) theft

18 words in all.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists