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Readings

Kana: サツ、ソウ、はや.す
Romaji: satsu, sou, haya.su
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

play (music), accompany, beat time, banter, jeer, applaud

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  21
Radical Number:  30
Frequency:  2275
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-3-18
Korean Reading:  jab
Chinese Reading:  ca4
Unicode:  56c3
JIS:  5372

Indexes

Nelson Index: 1019
New Nelson Index: 929
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3d18.1
Four Corner Index: 6001.4
Daikanwanjiten Index: 4619
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 2.1186

Words

囃子 (はやし)
Japanese orchestra; band; accompaniment
囃子方 (はやしかた)
(noh) musician; orchestra leader
五人囃子 (ごにんばやし)
five court-musician dolls at the Girl's Festival (in March)
囃子詞 (はやしことば)
meaningless words in a song for rhythm; words or utterances added to modulate the cadence of a song
囃し立てる (はやしたてる)
to cheer; to jeer; to mock
囃す (はやす)
to play accompaniment; to keep time; to cheer; to applaud; to jeer; to mock; to banter
言い囃す (いいはやす)
to praise; to spread or circulate a rumor (rumour)
持てはやす (もてはやす)
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
狸囃子 (たぬきばやし)
tanuki drumming on their stomachs
嘈囃 (そうざつ)
heartburn; sour stomach
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