嫉 means “jealousy”

しつ · shitsu

Also: jealous, envy

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

そねむ, ねたむ, にくむ

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

シツ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 13 strokes

The story

A woman (女) beside 疾, a sickness (疒) striking fast as an arrow (矢): picture jealousy as a sudden fever. 嫉 lives in 嫉妬, jealousy, the burning kind, felt toward a rival or a partner's new friend.

Used in 嫉妬 (shitto, jealousy) and 嫉妬深い (shittobukai, jealous by nature)

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• 苛 harsh
• 喝 shout
• 憤 indignation
• 恨 resent
• 侮 look down on
• 怨 grudge
• 叱 scold

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