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Zach

Readings

Kana: シ、あずさ
Romaji: shi, azusa
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

catalpa tree, woodblock printing

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  11
Radical Number:  75
Frequency:  2301
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  1-4-7
Korean Reading:  ja
Chinese Reading:  zi3
Unicode:  6893
JIS:  3034

Indexes

Halpern Index: 962
Nelson Index: 2268
New Nelson Index: 2688
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4a7.5
Four Corner Index: 4094.1
Japanese Names Index: 1366
Daikanwanjiten Index: 14845
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 6.0367
Remembering the kanji Index: 1498
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 655
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 873
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1512
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1614
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1207

Words

(あずさ、し、アズサ)
Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa); yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus); printing block; catalpa bow; catalpa medium
梓に上せる (しにのぼせる)
to bring (a book) into the world; to publish
梓匠 (ししょう)
cabinetmaker; woodworker
梓宮 (しきゅう)
Emperor's coffin (made of catalpa wood)
上梓 (じょうし)
publication; wood-block printing
梓弓 (あずさゆみ)
catalpa bow; spirit bow; bow used to summon spirits, made of Japanese cherry birch, catalpa, or other wood
梓巫女 (あずさみこ)
female medium who summons spirits by sounding the string of a catalpa bow
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