罪 — kanji meaning “guilt”
罪
guilt, sin, crime, fault, blame, offense
- Meanings
- guilt, sin, crime, fault, blame, offense
- On'yomi
- ザイ (zai)
- Kun'yomi
- つみ
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- 5
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #732 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 122
- Chinese reading
- zuì — Chinese character page
Words with 罪
| 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 |
| 冤罪 | えんざい enzai | false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation |
| 罪状 | ざいじょう zaijou | (nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge |
| 断罪 | だんざい danzai | judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation |
| 同罪 | どうざい douzai | same crime |
| 免罪 | めんざい menzai | acquittal |
| 功罪 | こうざい kouzai | merits and demerits; good points and bad points; strengths and weaknesses |
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