賊 — kanji meaning “burglar”
賊
burglar, rebel, traitor, robber
- Meanings
- burglar, rebel, traitor, robber
- On'yomi
- ゾク (zoku)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #2045 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 154
- Chinese reading
- zéi, zé — Chinese character page
Words with 賊
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 海賊 | かいぞく kaizoku | pirate |
| 山賊 | さんぞく sanzoku | bandit; brigand |
| 盗賊 | とうぞく touzoku | thief; robber; burglar |
| 海賊版 | かいぞくばん kaizokuban | pirated edition; pirated version; bootleg copy |
| 烏賊 | いか ika | cuttlefish; squid |
| 国賊 | こくぞく kokuzoku | traitor (to one's country) |
| 逆賊 | ぎゃくぞく gyakuzoku | rebel; traitor; insurgent |
| 義賊 | ぎぞく gizoku | chivalrous thief |
| 賊軍 | ぞくぐん zokugun | rebel army |
| 馬賊 | ばぞく bazoku | mounted bandit (esp. in north-east China from the end of the Qing dynasty) |
| 賊徒 | ぞくと zokuto | rebels; bandit; robber |
| 木賊 | とくさ tokusa | scouring rushes; Equisetum hyemale; common horsetail |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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