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Readings

Kana: コウ、しま、しろぎぬ
Romaji: kou, shima, shiroginu
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

stripe

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  16
Radical Number:  120
Frequency:  2491
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  1-6-10
Korean Reading:  ho
Chinese Reading:  gao3
Unicode:  7e1e
JIS:  3C4A

Indexes

Nelson Index: 3595
New Nelson Index: 4569
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 6a10.9
Four Corner Index: 2092.7
Daikanwanjiten Index: 27777
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 8.1144
Remembering the kanji Index: 2671
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1287
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2712
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1784

Words

(しま)
stripe; bar; streak
横縞 (よこじま)
horizontal stripes; lateral stripes
縞柄 (しまがら)
striped pattern
縞瑪瑙 (しまめのう)
onyx
縞栗鼠 (しまりす、シマリス)
chipmunk (esp. the Siberian chipmunk, Tamias sibiricus)
縦縞 (たてじま)
vertical stripes; striped fabric
グレービー縞馬 (グレービーしまうま、グレービーシマウマ)
Grevy's zebra (Equus grevyi)
縞馬 (しまうま、シマウマ、まだらうま)
zebra
縞模様 (しまもよう)
striped pattern
縞蛇 (しまへび)
pale-yellow snake (non-poisonous)
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