Entry
  1. I-adjective (keiyoushi)

    thrifty; frugal; economical

    Usually written using kana alone

    彼女はけちとは言わないまでも、とてもつましい。
    She is very frugal, not to say stingy.

Also written 約しい【つましい】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

frugal, economy, thrifty

Kun
つま.しいつづまやか
On
ケン
Strokes
10
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
2479 of 2500
Radical
person
WaniKani
Level 60

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Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-2-8SKIP code
2a8.27The Kanji Dictionary
2823.6Four corner code
2163deroo
5039Unicode hex code
1-23-80JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
479Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
248New Nelson (John Haig)
116New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
130Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
86Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
98Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1674Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1804Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1949A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1620Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
823Morohashi
1213A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
878Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
899Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1058Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1302Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1425Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
103Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1690Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jian3Pinyin reading
geomKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
60WaniKani level