Japanese symbol for “sinful”
罪深い
つみぶかい
Romaji: tsumibukai
sinful; wicked; immoral
In Japanese, sinful is 罪深い, read つみぶかい (tsumibukai).
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Meanings
- adj-i sinful; wicked; immoral
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “sinful”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 悪い | わるい warui | evil; sinful |
| 業の深い | ごうのふかい gounofukai | sinful |
| 業が深い | ごうがふかい gougafukai | past redemption; sinful |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 犯罪 | はんざい hanzai | crime; offence; offense |
| 謝罪 | しゃざい shazai | apology |
| 無罪 | むざい muzai | innocence; being not guilty |
| 有罪 | ゆうざい yuuzai | guilt; culpability |
| 罪悪 | ざいあく zaiaku | crime; sin; vice |
| 罪人 | ざいにん zainin | criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer |
| 深刻 | しんこく shinkoku | serious; severe; grave |
| 深い | ふかい fukai | deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.) |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.