芝 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

turf, lawn

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
Kun (native)
  • しばJHS
Nanori (used in names)
  • こげ
  • しは
Other languages
  • 拼音zhi1
  • 한글ji
  • Hán-ViệtChi

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
6 strokes
Radical
艸(くさ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+829D

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱艹之

Words using this kanji

  • しばlawn, sod, turf
  • 芝居しばいしばい 参照play, drama
  • 芝生しばふしばふ参照。lawn, grass, turf
  • 芝居小屋しばいごやplayhouse, theatre, theater
  • 芝草しばくさ「万年茸」の別名。lawn, sod, turf
  • 芝地しばちgrass plot
  • 芝桜しばざくらmoss phlox (Phlox subulata), moss pink
  • 芝蘭しらん芳香のある草。香草。reishi mushroom and thoroughwort, fragrant plants, talented, virtuous
  • 芝目しばめgrain (of the grass)
  • 芝見しばみscout hidden in the fields (during the Sengoku period)
  • 芝居気しばいぎtheatrical
  • 芝刈りしばかり「しばかり」の漢字表記。lawn mowing
  • 芝海老しばえびshiba shrimp (prawn, Metapenaeus joyneri)
  • 芝麻醤チーマージャンChinese sesame paste
  • 芝居者しばいものactor, actress, someone who works at a theater
  • 芝生茸しばふたけscotch bonnet (Marasmius oreades), fairy ring mushroom, fairy ring champignon
  • 芝焼きしばやきburning grass in spring (to kill insects)
  • 芝麻球チーマーチューfried sesame ball
  • 芝居絵しばいえshibai-e, kabuki-e, kabuki ukiyo-e print
  • 芝刈り機しばかりき伸びた芝を刈って揃えるための機械。lawnmower

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(67 results)

Similar-looking kanji

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-3
Four Corner
4430.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3k2.1
Heisig
1301
Nelson
3893