疎

alienate

Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingソ、ショ

Kun readingうと.い、うと.む、まば.ら

Jōyō Grade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

alienateRtK
天網恢恢疎にして漏らさずの言葉通り、天罰覿面だ。They say fate will catch up with you. That was God's way of punishing him.tatoeba
すると、東大寺全体の管理は、疎かになってしまう。As a result, it became hard to control the entire Todai-ji Temple.wiki
rough
neglect
shun
sparse
penetrate

negligent
neglectful
careless
remiss

Popular Usage

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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zoo · critters · stop (止) · footprint (止) · bundle · Chaplin · tree (木) · wood (木) · mouth (口)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1797

Compound words

underpopulation; low population density; depopulation

疎かおろそか

negligent; neglectful; careless; remiss

空疎くうそ

empty (e.g. argument); insubstantial; hollow; fruitless

疎遠そえん

estrangement; alienation; neglecting to stay in contact

疎開そかい

evacuation (to the country); spreading out (troops); deployment; dispersal

疎外そがい

alienation; estrangement; leaving (someone) out; casting out; cutting off

疎通そつう

(mutual) understanding; communication; passing without obstruction

意思疎通いしそつう

(reciprocal) communication; (coming to a) mutual understanding

疎いうとい

distant (from someone)

疎むうとむ

疎漏そろう

共同疎開きょうどうそかい

community evacuation

疎ましいうとましい

意志の疎通いしのそつう

(reciprocal) communication

意思の疎通いしのそつう

(reciprocal) communication

世事に疎いせじにうとい

天網恢恢疎にして漏らさずてんもうかいかいそにしてもらさず

heaven's net has large meshes, but nothing escapes

疎結合ニューラルネットワークそけつごうニューラルネットワーク

sparsely connected neural network

Additional Examples

天網恢恢疎にして漏らさずの言葉通り、天罰覿面だ。

They say fate will catch up with you. That was God's way of punishing him.tatoeba

私たちは意志疎通が上手だ。

We are the great communicators.tatoeba

すると、東大寺全体の管理は、疎かになってしまう。

As a result, it became hard to control the entire Todai-ji Temple.wiki

Stroke Order

12 strokes

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