串
Readings
Kana:
カン、ケン、セン、くし、つらぬ.く
Romaji:
kan, ken, sen, kushi, tsuranu.ku
Meanings
shish kebab, spit, skewer
Stroke Diagram
Kanji Info
Stroke Count:
7
Radical Number:
2
Frequency:
2139
Grade:
8
Skip Pattern:
4-7-3
Korean Reading:
cheon
Chinese Reading:
chuan4
Unicode:
4e32
JIS:
367A
Indexes
Nelson Index: 104
New Nelson Index: 30
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 0a7.13
Four Corner Index: 5000.6
Japanese Names Index: 516
Daikanwanjiten Index: 80
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 1.0318
Remembering the kanji Index: 603
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2973
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 610
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 649
Kodansha Kanji Index: 4364
Words
串
(くし)
spit; skewer
串揚げ
(くしあげ)
fried vegetables and meat on skewer
冗談
(じょうだん、ぎだん、げだん)
jest; joke; funny story
玉串
(たまぐし、たまくし)
branch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as an offering); sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica)
串カツ
(くしカツ)
fried pork and negi on skewers