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

Reading

Kana:
Romaji: shi
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

part of speech, words, poetry

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  12
Radical Number:  149
Frequency:  1636
Grade:  6
Skip Pattern:  1-7-5
Korean Reading:  sa
Chinese Reading:  ci2
Unicode:  8a5e
JIS:  3B6C

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1503
Nelson Index: 4335
New Nelson Index: 5582
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 7a5.15
Four Corner Index: 0762.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 879
Gakken Index: 1624
Japanese Names Index: 1665
Daikanwanjiten Index: 35394
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 10.0434
Remembering the kanji Index: 1865
Kanji Flashcards Index: 900
Kodansha Compact Index: 1671
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 890
Kanji in Context Index: 1205
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1007
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1363
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1883
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2009
Essential Kanji Index: 807
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1897
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3049
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 799
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 946

Words

言葉 (ことば、けとば)
language; dialect; word; words; phrase; term; expression; remark; speech; (manner of) speaking
作詞 (さくし)
(writing) song lyrics
台詞 (せりふ、かはく、だいし、セリフ)
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
動詞 (どうし)
verb
代名詞 (だいめいし)
pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern; byword; representative
()
words; writing; lyrics; ci (form of Chinese poetry); independent word
歌詞 (かし)
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
歌詞 (うたことば)
words mainly used in songs or poetry
名詞 (めいし、なことば)
noun
形容詞 (けいようし)
adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
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