Keyword
lonely
Info
FrequencyTop 900-1000
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 4
Heisig777
Readings
さび
(45%)
さみ
(42%)
せき
(1%)
Composed of
roof with a chimney
uncle
Mnemonic

My uncle is a very lonely man. He's always in his house under a roof with a chimney, smoking a pipe by a fireplace, with no one ever wanting to visit him.

Used in vocabulary (57 in total)
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
silence; stillness; quietness
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
Examples (24 in total)
Without you, I'm very lonely.
It is lonely to live alone.
I miss you.