Word Meaning 寂寞

せきばく sekibaku

寂寞 is read as せきばく (sekibaku) and means loneliness.

Meaning

English

  1. loneliness
  2. desolation
  3. lonely
  4. lonesome
  5. dreary
  6. desolate
  7. deserted
  8. forlorn

Reading

Kana

せきばく

Romaji

sekibaku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

寂しい

さびしい

lonely

寂然

せきぜん

forlornness

さび

elegant simplicity

寂光浄土

じゃっこうじょうど

paradise

静寂

せいじゃく

silence

常寂光土

じょうじゃっこうど

land of eternally tranquil light (highest realm in Tendai Buddhism)

静寂主義

せいじゃくしゅぎ

quietism

入寂

にゅうじゃく

death of a priest

円寂

えんじゃく

nirvana

和敬清寂

わけいせいじゃく

harmony, respect, purity and tranquility

心寂しい

こころさびしい

lonely

示寂

じじゃく

death of a high-ranking priest