Kanji N1

痴: stupid, foolish

痴 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning stupid, foolish, written with 13 strokes. It is read チ (on) and しれる, おろか (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 愚痴 (ぐち, idle complaint) and 痴呆 (ちほう, dementia).

痴

Meanings

  • stupid
  • foolish
Strokes13
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1663 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • チ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • しれる
  • おろか

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 痴

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 愚痴ぐち

    idle complaint; grumble

    JLPT N1
  • 痴呆ちほう

    dementia

  • 痴漢ちかん

    molester; groper; masher; pervert

  • 音痴おんち

    tone deafness; amusia; having no ear for music

  • 方向音痴ほうこうおんち

    (person with) no sense of direction

  • 白痴はくち

    idiot; idiocy

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.