Kanji

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:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: よこめ

Meaning: net

Strokes: 5

Examples

Examples with audio

状(ざいじょう)   crime, criminal charges

人(ざいにん)   criminal

悪(ざいあく)   crime, sin, vice

悪感(ざいあくかん)   feelings of guilt

(ゆうざい)   guilty

(むざい)   innocent

(げんざい)   original sin

(よざい)   other crimes, further offenses

(はんざい)   crime

者(はんざいしゃ)   criminal, culprit

する(しゃざいする)   apologize

(つみ)   crime, sin

Onyomi Examples

ザイ crime

ザイアク crime, sin, vice

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

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

Kunyomi Examples

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

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 むじつのつみ false charge

重い おもいつみ serious crime, grave crime