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

Readings

Kana: シ、サイ、おり、か.す
Romaji: shi, sai, ori, ka.su
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

dregs, grounds

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  13
Radical Number:  85
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-3-10
Korean Reading:  jae
Chinese Reading:  zi3
Unicode:  6ed3
JIS:  5E68

Indexes

Nelson Index: 2642
New Nelson Index: 3260
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3a10.16
Four Corner Index: 3314.1
Daikanwanjiten Index: 18034
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 7.0185

Words

(かす、カス)
dregs; sediment; grounds; meal; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; thing of little to no value; dregs (e.g. of society); scum; dross; card only worth 1 point (in hanafuda)
食べカス (たべかす、たべカス)
leavings of a meal; food scraps; leftovers; food particles (in one's teeth or mouth); bits of food
油かす (あぶらかす)
oil cake (fertilizer made of oily vegetable dregs); deep-fried meat (esp. beef offal) resembling a pork rind
燃え滓 (もえかす)
cinders
鉱滓 (こうさい、こうし)
slag
〆粕 (しめかす)
oil cake; scrap cake
溶滓 (ようさい、ようし)
slag; molten slug (of metal)
味噌っかす (みそっかす)
miso lees; miso strainings; miso dregs; child who is made light of; child who is left out of games; immature child or person; good-for-nothing
雀斑 (そばかす、ソバカス)
freckles; buckwheat chaff
残滓 (ざんし、ざんさい)
remains; dregs; vestiges
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