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    3. 寂

    寂

    寂さび

    loneliness

    N1KMT9Freq #1599Emotions & PsychologyKanji11 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    さびさび.しいさび.れるさみ.しい

    On'yomi

    ジャクセキ

    lonelinessquietlymellowmaturedeath of a priest

    宀叔

    宀
    冖
    卜
    一
    小
    又

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    寄宜寒実宿淑宵戚宜実叔寧菽寃淑戚密宅攴寒宿宵定寅寮寇寉寔寐叡上督

    Concepts using this kanji

    寂然

    lonely

    静寂

    silence

    寂

    patina

    寂しい

    lonely

    円寂

    nirvana

    口が寂しい

    craving for food, a cigarette, etc.

    口寂しい

    craving for food, a cigarette, etc.

    心寂しい

    lonely

    入寂

    death of a priest

    常寂光土

    land of eternally tranquil light (highest realm in Tendai Buddhism)

    示寂

    death of a high-ranking priest

    物寂しい

    lonely

    寂光

    light of wisdom (when nearing nirvana)

    空寂

    complete emptiness (i.e. as a denial of the inherent existence of all things)

    空々寂々

    deserted and lonesome

    静寂主義

    quietism

    寂光浄土

    paradise

    寂しがり屋

    person who gets lonely easily

    和敬清寂

    harmony, respect, purity and tranquility

    寂滅為楽

    freedom from one's desires (entry into Nirvana) is true bliss

    寂静

    quiet

    幽寂味

    solitude

    寂滅

    achieving nirvana

    寂々

    sad

    寂として

    silently

    寂しげ

    seeming lonely

    寂しがる

    to miss someone

    寂れる

    to decline (in prosperity)

    寂とした

    still

    うら寂しい

    lonesome

    寂しさ

    (feeling of) loneliness

    寂寥感

    feeling of loneliness

    寂しん坊

    person who gets lonely easily

    懐が寂しい

    strapped for cash

    幽寂

    quiet

    閑寂

    quiet

    閑寂枯淡

    aesthetic sense in Japanese art emphasising quiet simplicity and subdued refinement

    侘と寂

    taste for the simple and quiet

    侘び寂び

    wabi-sabi

    寂寞

    lonely

    寂寥

    loneliness

    涅槃寂静

    enlightenment leads to serenity

    闃寂

    silent and still

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    • 一
    • 冖
    • 卜
    • 又
    • 宀
    • 小

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    • 円寂
    • 閑寂
    • 寂
    • 寂しがる
    • 寂れる
    • 寂寥
    • 静寂
    • 心寂しい
    • 入寂
    • 幽寂
    • 幽寂味
    • 寂しい
    • 寂然
    • 寂滅
    • 物寂しい
    • 口寂しい
    • 寂光浄土
    • 寂寞
    • 懐が寂しい
    • 寂とした
    • 侘と寂
    • うら寂しい
    • 空々寂々
    • 寂滅為楽
    • 和敬清寂
    • 侘び寂び
    • 閑寂枯淡
    • 寂しん坊
    • 闃寂
    • 寂しがり屋
    • 寂しさ
    • 示寂
    • 寂々
    • 空寂
    • 寂静
    • 常寂光土
    • 寂光
    • 静寂主義
    • 涅槃寂静
    • 寂として
    • 寂しげ
    • 寂寥感
    • 口が寂しい

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