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jealousy

HSK 7
Human →Relations →Family
jí
シツ
そね.む、ねた.む、にく.む
질
An envious 疾 woman 女; 疾 also provides the pronunciation
Components
女 woman+ 疾 rapid =
嫉 jealousy
女 Meaning component
nǚ woman
woman, girl
疾 Meaning component
jí rapid
illness, disease, sickness
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Notes
Similar Characters
佞 glib囡 one's daughter奶 milk奸 crafty她 she奼 colorful (trad)好 good妁 act as go-between妄 absurd妆 adorn (simp)妈 mama (simp)妊 conceive妍 seductive妒 jealous of妓 prostitute妖 bewitching妗 wife of mother's brother妙 wonderful妝 put on makeup (trad)妞 girl
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
嫉
Regular
Modern
Chinese
嫉 [jí]
jealousy; to be jealous of
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
嫉 つぎこ
Tsugiko unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (6)
嫉妒 [jí​dù] #2,208
to be jealous
愤世嫉俗 [fèn​shì​jí​sú] #10,861
to be cynical
愤世嫉俗 [fèn​shì​jí​sú] #10,861
to be cynical
妒嫉 [dù​jí] #16,422
to be jealous of (sb's achievements etc)
嫉恨 [jí​hèn] #44,308
to hate out of jealousy
羨慕嫉妒恨 [xiàn​mù​jí​dù​hèn]
to be green with envy (neologism c. 2009)
JAPANESE WORDS (13)
⭐ 嫉妬 [しっと] #2,532
jealousy
⭐ 焼ける [やける] #2,879
to burn
妬く [やく] #19,853
to be jealous of
妬み [ねたみ] #24,216
jealousy
嫉妬心 [しっとしん] #25,419
feeling of envy
妬ましい [ねたましい] #25,437
jealous
嫉妬深い [しっとぶかい] #27,157
(deeply) jealous
嫉妬に狂う [しっとにくるう] #48,314
to fly into a jealous rage
嫉妬の炎 [しっとのほのお] #54,628
flames of jealousy
嫉む [そねむ] #71,542
to be jealous of
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KOREAN WORDS (1)
질투심
jealousy; envy