Kanji N3

罪: guilt, sin, crime

罪 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning guilt, sin, crime, written with 13 strokes. It is read ザイ (on) and つみ (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 犯罪 (はんざい, crime) and 罪 (つみ, crime).

罪

Meanings

  • guilt
  • sin
  • crime
  • fault
  • blame
  • offense
Strokes13
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#732 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ザイ

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

Kun reading
  • つみ

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

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 13. Start at the dot.

Common words with 罪

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

  • 犯罪はんざい

    crime; offence; offense

    JLPT N3
  • 罪つみ

    crime; sin; wrongdoing; indiscretion

    JLPT N3
  • 無罪むざい

    innocence; being not guilty

  • 有罪ゆうざい

    guilt; culpability

  • 謝罪しゃざい

    apology

  • 犯罪者はんざいしゃ

    criminal; culprit

  • 罪人ざいにん

    criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender

  • 罪悪ざいあく

    crime; sin; vice

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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.