Entry
  1. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Noun

    schadenfreude; pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others

    Internet slangAbbreviationUsually written using kana aloneshort for 他人の不幸で今日も飯がうまいsee メシマズ

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

1
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

meal, boiled rice

Kun
めし
On
ハン
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N4
Frequency
1046 of 2500
Radical
eat
WaniKani
Level 15

Built from

Used in names as

いいいり

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-8-4SKIP code
8b4.5The Kanji Dictionary
8174.7Four corner code
2867deroo
98efUnicode hex code
1-40-51JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5158Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6679New Nelson (John Haig)
1691New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2126Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1110Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1509Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1473Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1583Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1083A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1964Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
768Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
44064PMorohashi
565A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
325Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
325Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
696sakade
279Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
594henshall3
597Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
604Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.12busy_people
1904Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1485Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
fan4Pinyin reading
banKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
15WaniKani level