寂 means “lonely, solitary”

さび · sabi

Also: loneliness, quietly, mellow, mature

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

さび, さびしい, さびれる, さみしい

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ジャク, セキ

Taught in secondary school · 11 strokes

The story

A house stands quiet under the roof of time: loneliness is the sound of a room that remembers being full.

Used in 寂しい (sabishii, lonely) and 寂寞 (sekibaku, desolation)

More from Feelings & Emotions

• 優 gentle
• 思 think
• 感 feel
• 懐 nostalgic
• 悲 sad
• 怒 anger
• 泣 cry
• 笑 laugh
• 好 like
• 痛 pain
• 幸 happiness
• 恋 romantic love

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