8 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

torment, scold, chastise

Kun'yomi
  • to ill-treat ②to be tough on (e.g. one's body)
  • to torment
  • いらだ
  • からい
  • こまかい
On'yomi

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

さいな 41.8%
39.0%
いじめる 19.1%

Character Breakdown

torment, scold, chastise
さいな.む カ いじ.める (11th)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
can, passable, mustn't
カ コク -べ.き (5th)
street, ward, town
チョウ テイ チン (3rd, N1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)

Contained In

References

Unicode hex code 82DB
JIS X 0208 1-18-55
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3925
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5006
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2786
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1929
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2373
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 240
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 30785X
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 394
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3k5.30
Four corner code 4462.1