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嗇

Readings

Kana: ショク、やぶさ.か、おし.む

Romaji: shoku, yabusa.ka, oshi.mu

Kana

Romaji

Meanings

miserly, stingy, sparing

Stroke Diagram

Kanji Info

Stroke Count: 13

Radical Number: 1

Frequency:

Grade:

Skip Pattern: 2-7-6

Korean Reading: saeg

Chinese Reading: se4

Unicode: 55c7

JIS: 5427

Indexes

Nelson Index: 67

New Nelson Index: 860

Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3b10.13

Four Corner Index: 4060.1

Daikanwanjiten Index: 4053

Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 2.1117

Words

けちん坊 (けちんぼう、けちんぼ)

miser; cheapskate; skinflint

吝嗇 (りんしょく)

stinginess; miser; miserliness; selfishness

けち臭い (けちくさい)

mean; stingy

吝嗇家 (りんしょくか)

miser

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