Kanji
N1 13 strokes Grade 8 freq #1551

foolish, folly, absurdity, stupid

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

heart kokoro

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

foolishness; silliness
idle complaint; grumble
foolish act; folly
simple honesty; tactless frankness
gang of young toughs; hooligans
mockery; derision
even a fool may sometimes give good counsel
younger sister
ordinary and ignorant; mediocre and stupid
unenlightened; in the darkest ignorance

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

foolish; stupid
foolish; nonsensical
Ksitigarbha (Jizō) who listens to people's complaints (statue at the Nagoya Keihō Temple)
to go without saying
even fools can give good counsel
to whinge; to kvetch

Example sentences

Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise.

I'm fed up with her complaints.

He is really a nitpicker.

He blushed at his foolish mistake.