noun, takes genitive case の, adjectival noun or quasi-adjective

  1. tone deafness, amusia, having no ear for music.

noun used as a suffix

  1. having no sense of (e.g. direction), being hopeless when it comes to (e.g. computers), -illiterate.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
音痴 おんち

Contained Kanji Breakdown

sound, noise
おと オン ね (1st, N4)
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ リツ たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
stupid, foolish
チ し.れる おろか (9th, N1)
trailing sickness, sick radical (no. 104)
ダク ニャク ソウ
know, wisdom
し.る チ しり (2nd, N4)
dart, arrow
や シ (2nd, N1)
person(人) variant
large, big
ダイ おお- た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)