賊 — Chinese character
賊
zéi
thief, traitor; cunning, sly
- Pinyin
- zéi
- Radical
- 154 ⾙ (Shell)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 貝 戎
- Formation
- pictophonetic — weapons; meaning component 戎; sound component 貝
- Simplified
- 贼
- Japanese
- 賊 as a kanji
賊 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 3 · Analects 5 · Mencius 20 · Zhuangzi 13
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 19
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 57
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 65
- Analects 11.24
- Analects 14.46
- Analects 17.8
- Analects 17.13
- Analects 20.2
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