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Readings

Kana: シツ、くし、くしけず.る
Romaji: shitsu, kushi, kushikezu.ru
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Romaji

Meaning

comb

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  17
Radical Number:  75
Frequency:  2256
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  1-4-13
Korean Reading:  jeul
Chinese Reading:  jie2
Unicode:  6adb
JIS:  367B

Indexes

Nelson Index: 2398
New Nelson Index: 2884
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4a15.5
Four Corner Index: 4892.7
Japanese Names Index: 2797
Daikanwanjiten Index: 15817X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 6.0594
Remembering the kanji Index: 2476
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1019
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2542
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1413

Words

(くし)
comb
櫛目 (くしめ)
(sign of) combing; comb pattern (esp. pottery)
櫛の歯が欠けたよう (くしのはがかけたよう)
missing important things here and there; full of gaps; as if the teeth of a comb were missing
櫛鱗 (しつりん)
ctenoid scale
櫛風浴雨 (しっぷうよくう)
struggling through wind and rain; undergoing hardships
くし形 (くしがた)
comb-shaped
解き櫛 (ときぐし)
wide-toothed comb
櫛水母 (くしくらげ、クシクラゲ)
comb jelly (any jellyfish-like animal of the phylum Ctenophora)
櫛比 (しっぴ)
lining up; packing tightly
櫛風沐雨 (しっぷうもくう)
struggling through wind and rain; undergoing hardships
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