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Readings

Kana: サイ、シ、しば
Romaji: sai, shi, shiba
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

brush, firewood

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  10
Radical Number:  75
Frequency:  1638
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  2-6-4
Korean Reading:  chae
Chinese Reading:  chai2
Unicode:  67f4
JIS:  3C46

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2653
Nelson Index: 2251
New Nelson Index: 2657
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4a6.33
Four Corner Index: 2190.4
Japanese Names Index: 1221
Daikanwanjiten Index: 14664X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 6.0288
Remembering the kanji Index: 2044
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2309
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2202
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3287

Words

(しば)
brushwood; firewood
火柴 (かしば)
match; lucifer
枝折り戸 (しおりど)
garden gate made of branches and twigs; wicket gate
柴刈り (しばかり)
firewood gathering
西貢 (サイゴン)
Saigon
柴犬 (しばいぬ、しばけん)
Shiba (Japanese breed of small dog, native of Shikoku); brushwood dog
噛柴 (たむしば、タムシバ)
willow-leafed magnolia (Magnolia salicifolia); anise magnolia
柴垣 (しばがき)
brushwood fence
柴漬け (しばづけ)
Kyoto-style chopped vegetables pickled in salt with red shiso leaves
沢柴 (さわしば、サワシバ)
heartleaf hornbeam (Carpinus cordata)
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