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箕

箕 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. み。竹などで編まれ、穀物を振るうのに用いる農具。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「竹」+音符「其」。「ちりとり」「み」を意味する漢語｛箕｝を表す字。もと「其」が｛箕｝を表す字であったが、「竹」を加えた。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

winnowing

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • キ
Kun (native)
  • み
Nanori (used in names)
  • みの
Other languages
  • 拼音ji1
  • 한글gi
  • Hán-ViệtKy
  • Hán-ViệtCơ

Basics

Strokes
14 strokes
Radical
竹(たけ)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+7B95

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱𥫗其

Words using this kanji

  • 箕き（み）竹を編んで作られ、穀物を篩い、ごみなどを取り除くのに用いる農具。Chinese "winnowing basket" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
  • 箕み（み）竹を編んで作られ、穀物を篩い、ごみなどを取り除くのに用いる農具。winnow, winnowing basket, winnowing fan
  • 箕宿みぼしChinese "winnowing basket" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
  • 箕踞ききょ足を伸ばして前に投げ出すように座ること。箕坐。sitting with one's legs outstretched
  • 箕作鮫みつくりざめgoblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni)
  • 箕借り婆みかりばばold woman ghost from the Kanto region
  • 箕作柄長提灯鮟鱇みつくりえながちょうちんあんこうtriplewart seadevil (Cryptopsaras couesii)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-6-8
Four Corner
8880.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
6f8.6
Heisig
2685
Nelson
3407