Kanji
N1 12 strokes Grade 8 freq #427

accusation, sue, complain of pain, appeal to

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

speech gen

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

lawsuit; suit
prosecution; indictment
appeal to a higher court; intermediate appeal
presenting a case; suing
petition; complaint
accusation; complaint
winning a (legal) case; victory (in a legal case)
nonprosecution; nonindictment
loss of a (legal) case
administrative litigation (action)

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

lawsuit; complaint
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention)

Example sentences

The lawsuit remains undecided.

With the money Jack won from his lawsuit, he should be able to live on easy street.

He is chargeable with murder.

In the absence of sufficient proof, the police could not indict him.