祠 — readings, stroke count and radical

brushStroke order

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brushOrigin of the character

形声。「示」+音符「司」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

menu_bookMeaning

small shrine

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• シ

Kun (native)

• ほこら
• まつる

Other languages

• 拼音ci2
• 한글sa
• Hán-ViệtTừ

infoBasics

Strokes

10 strokes

Radical

示(しめす)

JIS level

Level 2

Unicode

U+7960

grid_viewComponents

• 一いち
• 亅はねぼう
• 口くち
• 礻しめすへん

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰示司

menu_bookWords using this kanji

• 祠ほこらhokora
• 祠宇しうshrine
• 祠堂しどう祖先の霊を祀る所。霊屋。 小さな堂宇。lay ancestral hall, small shrine

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(10 results)

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• 詞One part differs
• 呞One part differs

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

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infoLookup codes

SKIP

1-5-5

Four Corner

3722.0

Spahn–Hadamitzky

4e5.8

Nelson

3241