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獅

獅 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

lion

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • シ
Kun (native)
  • しし
Other languages
  • 拼音shi1
  • 한글sa
  • Hán-ViệtSư

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
犬(いぬ)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+7345

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰犭師

Words using this kanji

  • 獅子ししライオン。 ライオンをモチーフとした聖獣、幻獣。 勇猛な人の比喩。lion, left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine
  • 獅子女スフィンクスsphinx
  • 獅子舞ししまい獅子をかたどった頭をかぶって舞う舞。一頭の獅子を一人で舞うものと、複数の人で舞うものがある。lion dance
  • 獅子吼ししくlion's roar, harangue
  • 獅子鼻ししばなpug nose, snub nose, upturned nose
  • 獅子頭ししがしらlion mask, Japanese deer fern (Blechnum nipponicum)
  • 獅子宮ししきゅうしし座。占星術における、黄道十二星座・十二宮のひとつ。Leo (5th zodiacal sign), the Lion
  • 獅子猿ししざるライオンタマリン ゴールデンライオンタマリンlion tamarin
  • 獅子蘭ししらんHaplopteris flexuosa (species of shoestring fern)
  • 獅子王ししおうlion (king of beasts)
  • 獅子身中しししんちゅうtreacherous friend, snake in one's bosom, treacherous insider
  • 獅子の座ししのざBuddha's seat, seat of a high monk
  • 獅子鼻猿ししばなざるサル目オナガザル科シシオザル属に属するさるの総称。学名:Rhinopithecus。snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus spp.)
  • 獅子っ鼻ししっぱなpug nose, snub nose, upturned nose
  • 獅子に鰭ししにひれmaking something strong even stronger
  • 獅子尾猿シシオザルサル目オナガザル科マカク属に属するさるの一種。学名:Macaca silenus。lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus)
  • 獅子���迅ししふんじん獅子が奮い立った時のように、勢いが盛んなこと。furious (energy, battle, etc.), frenzied (work, activity, etc.), ferocious
  • 獅子身中の虫しししんちゅうのむしsnake in one's bosom, treacherous friend
  • 獅子座流星群ししざりゅうせいぐんLeonids
  • 獅子奮迅の勢いししふんじんのいきおいirresistible force

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-10
Four Corner
4122.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3g10.1
Heisig
2433
Nelson
2904