EntryCommonJLPT N3WaniKani 21
  1. Ichidan verb, Transitive verb

    to condemn; to blame; to criticize; to criticise; to reproach; to accuse

    あまり自分を責めないで。
    Don't be too hard on yourself.
  2. to urge; to press; to pester

  3. to torture; to torment; to persecute

  4. to break in (a horse)

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

blame, condemn, censure

Kun
せ.める
On
セキ
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N3
Frequency
598 of 2500
Radical
shell
WaniKani
Level 21

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Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
2-4-7SKIP code
7b4.4The Kanji Dictionary
5080.6Four corner code
1461deroo
8cacUnicode hex code
1-32-53JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4492Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5780New Nelson (John Haig)
2467New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3115Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1595Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2176Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1541Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1661Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
759A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
492Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
36682Morohashi
728A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
655Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
666Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
649sakade
923Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
751henshall3
739Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
638Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1726Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1555Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ze2, zhai4Pinyin reading
chaeg, chaeKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
21WaniKani level