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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N3

732 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: guilt, sin, crime, fault, blame, offense

Kunyomi: つみ

Onyomi: ザイ

Composition: 罒 非

罪

Radical

Radical: 网

Reading: よこめ

Meaning: net

Strokes: 5

Reading: よこめ

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Examples

Examples with audio

罪状(ざいじょう)   crime, criminal charges

罪人(ざいにん)   criminal

罪悪(ざいあく)   crime, sin, vice

罪悪感(ざいあくかん)   feelings of guilt

有罪(ゆうざい)   guilty

無罪(むざい)   innocent

原罪(げんざい)   original sin

余罪(よざい)   other crimes, further offenses

犯罪(はんざい)   crime

犯罪者(はんざいしゃ)   criminal, culprit

謝罪する(しゃざいする)   apologize

罪(つみ)   crime, sin

Onyomi Examples

罪 (ザイ) crime

罪悪 (ザイアク) crime, sin, vice

同罪 (ドウザイ) same crime, being equally guilty, bearing the same amount of responsibility

功罪 (コウザイ) merits and demerits, good points and bad points, strengths and weaknesses

Kunyomi Examples

罪 (つみ) crime, sin, wrongdoing, indiscretion, penalty, sentence, punishment, fault, responsibility, culpability, thoughtlessness, lack of consideration

罪滅ぼし (つみほろぼし) atonement (for one's sins), expiation, making amends, making up for (a misdeed)

無実の罪 (むじつのつみ) false charge

重い罪 (おもいつみ) serious crime, grave crime

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