戯 means “play, frolic”

ぎ · gi

Also: sport

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

たわむれる, ざれる, じゃれる

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ギ, ゲ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 15 strokes

The story

A tiger (虍) and a halberd (戈): picture warriors play-fighting in tiger masks. 戯 is play: 遊戯 is games and play, 戯曲 a drama written for the stage, 戯れる to frolic, and 悪戯, "bad play", is read いたずら, mischief.

Used in 遊戯 (yuugi, play/games), 戯曲 (gikyoku, drama/play), and 戯れる (tawamureru, to frolic)

More from Games & Pastimes

• 賭 bet
• 玩 toy
• 采 dice
• 弄 toy with
• 伎 skill
• 描 draw
• 撮 take a photo
• 棋 shogi
• 暇 free time
• 漫 rambling
• 駒 game piece
• 碁 the game of Go

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.