Kanji1 / 11
寂 kanji
loneliness, quietly, mellow, mature, death of a priest
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
ジャクセキ
Kun readings
さびさびしいさびれるさみしい
Words with 寂
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —静寂Popularsilence; stillness; quietness
- —寂(entering into) nirvana; died; silent; tranquil
- —円寂nirvana; death of the Buddha
- —閑寂quiet; peaceful; tranquil
- —入寂death of a priest; nirvana; spiritual liberty
- —幽寂quiet; sequestered
- —寂滅achieving nirvana; death
- —示寂death of a high-ranking priest
- —空寂complete emptiness (i.e. as a denial of the inherent existence of all things); nirvana (where this emptiness is realized); quiet and lonely
- —寂静quiet; stillness; tranquility; enlightenment; nirvana
- —寂光light of wisdom (when nearing nirvana); silent illumination; paradise; nirvana
- —寂寞lonely; lonesome; dreary; desolate; deserted; forlorn
- —幽寂味solitude; quiet
- —寂光浄土paradise
- —寂としたstill; hushed
- —空々寂々deserted and lonesome; quiet and alone; innocent and nonattached; All is void
- —寂滅為楽freedom from one's desires (entry into Nirvana) is true bliss
- —和敬清寂harmony, respect, purity and tranquility; the four most important elements of the tea ceremony
- —閑寂枯淡aesthetic sense in Japanese art emphasising quiet simplicity and subdued refinement
- —常寂光土land of eternally tranquil light (highest realm in Tendai Buddhism)