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Readings

Kana: ショ、きび
Romaji: sho, kibi
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

millet

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  12
Radical Number:  202
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  2-5-7
Korean Reading:  seo
Chinese Reading:  shu3
Unicode:  9ecd
JIS:  3550

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2597
Nelson Index: 5400
New Nelson Index: 7048
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 5d7.6
Four Corner Index: 2013.2
Daikanwanjiten Index: 47991
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 12.0997
Remembering the kanji Index: 2605
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2651
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3210

Words

(きび、きみ、キビ)
(common) millet (Panicum miliaceium); proso millet
砂糖黍 (さとうきび、サトウキビ)
sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)
唐黍 (とうきび、トウキビ)
Indian millet
糯黍 (もちきび、モチキビ)
glutinous millet; sticky millet
きび砂糖 (きびざとう)
light brown sugar
蜀黍 (もろこし、モロコシ)
sorghum (Sorghum bicolor); Indian millet
黍魚子 (きびなご、キビナゴ)
silver-stripe round herring (Spratelloides gracilis)
吉備団子 (きびだんご)
sweet dumpling made with mochi flour and (sometimes) millet flour (famous product of Okayama); millet dumplings
南蛮黍 (なんばんきび、なんばきび)
corn; maize
砂糖蜀黍 (さとうもろこし、サトウモロコシ)
sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor var. saccharatum)
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