What is the Kanji for "Steal"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Steal", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Steal" is "盗".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Nusu".

Its onyomi reading is "Tou".

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 kanji "次" means "Next" and can be read as "Ji", "Shi", "Tsu", and "Tsugi". And The kanji "皿" means "Dish" and "Plate" and can be read as "Sara".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "盗" mean in japanese?

"盗" means "Steal".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Junior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N3 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

強盗: "Robbery". The Japanese noun '強盗 (ごうとう)' means 'robbery'. It refers to the criminal act of stealing from someone through the use of force or threats. This word has a very serious and negative connotation, as robbery is considered a serious crime. For example: The robbers stole the money - (強盗が金を盗んだ). The police are investigating the robbery - (警察は強盗事件を捜査している).

盗む: "Steal". The Japanese verb '盗む (ぬすむ)' means 'to steal'. This verb is used to describe the act of taking something that does not belong to you, without the owner's permission. It implies a criminal or unethical act. For example: He stole my wallet - (彼は私の財布を盗んだ). The thief stole the necklace - (泥棒が首飾りを盗んだ).

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 "と" is read as "to". The hiragana "う" is read as "u". The hiragana "ぬ" is read as "nu". And The hiragana "す" is read as "su".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.