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賊 — kanji meaning “burglar”

burglar, rebel, traitor, robber

Meanings
burglar, rebel, traitor, robber
On'yomi
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

WordReadingMeaning
かいぞく kaizokupirate
さんぞく sanzokubandit; brigand
とうぞく touzokuthief; robber; burglar
かいぞくばん kaizokubanpirated edition; pirated version; bootleg copy
いか ikacuttlefish; squid
こくぞく kokuzokutraitor (to one's country)
ぎゃくぞく gyakuzokurebel; traitor; insurgent
ぎぞく gizokuchivalrous thief
ぞくぐん zokugunrebel army
ばぞく bazokumounted bandit (esp. in north-east China from the end of the Qing dynasty)
ぞくと zokutorebels; bandit; robber
とくさ tokusascouring 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.