What is the Kanji for "Grieve" and "Relatives"?
If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Grieve" and "Relatives", you've come to the right place!
The Japanese Kanji for "Grieve" and "Relatives" is "戚".
This kanji has 5 readings:
Its kunyomi readings are "Ita", "Ure", and "Miuchi".
Its onyomi readings are "Soku" and "Seki".
kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.
If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:
The component "戊" . And The component "尗" .
Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.
What does the kanji "戚" mean in japanese?
"戚" means "Grieve" and "Relatives".
Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Senior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT exam.
Here are some words that use this kanji:
親戚: "Relative". The Japanese noun '親戚 (しんせき)' means 'relative'. It refers to a person who is related to you by blood, marriage or adoption. This can include immediate family members as well as more distant relations. It is commonly used to describe family connections and kinship. For example: My relatives are coming to visit - (親戚が来る to visit). I have many relatives in Japan - (日本に親戚が沢山いる).
To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.
But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.
Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.
This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:
The hiragana "