JLPT N3 · Feelings & personality

寂しい

さびしい

lonely

Stroke order of 寂しい

3 characters, 14 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

寂 · 11 strokesし · 1 strokes い · 2 strokes

Memory trick

In "寂" an uncle "叔" sits alone under a silent roof "宀": a quiet, lonely house.

Parts: 寂 lonely, quiet (宀 roof + 叔 uncle) + しい adjective ending

The characters in 寂しい

しし — shi (1 strokes)
いい — i (2 strokes)

Example sentence

一人で住んでいるので、時々寂しいです。

ひとりですんでいるので、ときどきさびしいです。

I live alone, so I sometimes feel lonely.

More words: Feelings & personality

感情emotion; feelings 喜ぶto be glad; to rejoice 悲しむto grieve; to be sad 怒るto get angry 驚くto be surprised 笑うto laugh; to smile 泣くto cry 恥ずかしいembarrassed; shy 苦しいpainful; hard 優しいkind; gentle 厳しいstrict; severe 素直honest; obedient 不安anxiety; uneasy 自信self-confidence

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