篩 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. ふるい。
  2. ふるう、選別する。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

sieve, sift, screen

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • サイ
Kun (native)
  • ふる(う)
Other languages
  • 拼音shai1
  • 한글sa
  • Hán-ViệtSi

Basics

Strokes
16 strokes
Radical
竹(たけ)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+7BE9

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱𥫗師

Words using this kanji

  • ふるいsieve, sifter, screen, screening (jobs, candidates, etc.)
  • 篩うふるうto sieve (e.g. flour), to sift, to riddle, to pick out (e.g. a candidate)
  • 篩骨しこつ頭蓋骨の一部で眼窩と鼻腔の一部を形成する骨。ethmoid bone (of the skull)
  • 篩絹ふるいぎぬbolting cloth
  • 篩に掛けるふるいにかける篩を使って大小さまざまな粒子をよりわける。 多くの中からいい物をだけを選択する。to sieve, to sift, to winnow, to separate (wheat from chaff)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(8 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-6-10
Four Corner
8872.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
6f10.2
Nelson
3433