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This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

椣

Reading

Kana: しで
Romaji: shide
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

type of deciduous birch tree, (kokuji)

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  12
Radical Number:  75
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-4-8
Unicode:  6923
JIS:  5C30

Indexes

New Nelson Index: 2715
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4a8.13
Four Corner Index: 4598.1

Words

四手 (しで、かみしで)
zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)