Kanji Database
English
嗜

嗜 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 好み食べる。
  2. 殊に好む。
  3. めで欲する。
  4. たしなみ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「口」+音符「耆」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

like, taste, modest

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • シ
Kun (native)
  • たしな(む)
  • たしな(み)
  • この(む)
  • この(み)
Other languages
  • 拼音shi4
  • 한글gi
  • Hán-ViệtThị

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
口(くち)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+55DC

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰口耆

Words using this kanji

  • 嗜好しこうたしなみ、好むこと。taste, liking, preference
  • 嗜眠しみん高熱などにより睡眠状態にあり強い刺激を受けないと反応しないこと。deep sleep, torpor
  • 嗜むたしなむto have a taste for, to be fond of, to enjoy (in moderation), to have an interest in (e.g. a hobby)
  • 嗜みたしなみ「たしなみ」参照。taste (in goods, etc.), manners, etiquette, modesty
  • 嗜癖しへきaddiction
  • 嗜虐しぎゃく苦痛を与えたり、残虐なことをすることを好むこと。sadism
  • 嗜欲しよくliking (for), appetite, weakness, fondness
  • 嗜食ししょくeating with liking, relishing, indulging in, eating regularly
  • 嗜好品しこうひん香りや刺激を得るための飲食物。お酒、お茶、コーヒー、たばこ など。luxury grocery item (e.g. alcohol, coffee, tea, tobacco), indulgence
  • 嗜虐的しぎゃくてき残酷な光景を見ることが好きである様子。sadistic
  • 嗜虐性しぎゃくせいsadism
  • 嗜糞症しふんしょうcoprophilia
  • 嗜虐心しぎゃくしんsadistic desires, sadistic feelings
  • 嗜眠性しみんせいlethargic, soporose
  • 嗜眠性脳炎しみんせいのうえんencephalitis lethargica

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(20 results)

Similar-looking kanji

Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-10
Four Corner
6406.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3d10.4
Nelson
972