盗 — steal, rob, pilfer

ぬすむ盗 steal

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 11 strokes

U+76D7 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1051 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1559 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

steal
rob
pilfer

word

ぬす nusu Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

盗(ぬす) む nusumu to steal

とう tou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

強(ごう) 盗(とう) goutou robbery 盗(とう) 難(なん) tounan theft 盗(とう) 聴(ちょう) touchou eavesdropping 窃(せっ) 盗(とう) settou theft 盗(とう) 作(さく) tousaku plagiarism

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

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