Kanji
N1 11 strokes Grade 8 freq #1599

loneliness, quietly, mellow, mature, death of a priest

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

roof ukanmuri

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

silence; stillness
lonely; desolate
aesthetic sense in Japanese art emphasising quiet simplicity and subdued refinement
freedom from one's desires (entry into Nirvana) is true bliss
silent and still; desolate
(entering into) nirvana
death of a high-ranking priest
complete emptiness (i.e. as a denial of the inherent existence of all things); nirvana (where this emptiness is realized)
quiet; stillness
land of eternally tranquil light (highest realm in Tendai Buddhism)

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

patina; antique look
lonely; lonesome
person who gets lonely easily; person who does not like to be alone
person who gets lonely easily; person who does not like to be alone
(feeling of) loneliness; desolation
sad; lonesome
silently; hushed
seeming lonely
craving for food, a cigarette, etc.; longing to have something in one's mouth

Example sentences

The judge charged the audience to be silent.

Silence grows like cancer.

He felt very lonely.

He lives in this lonely place by himself.