敷
敷 — Spread
spread, pave, sit, promulgate
On’yomiフ (fu)
Kun’yomiしく (shiku)
Kun’yomi-しき (shiki)
Stroke order (15 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 敷
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 敷地 | しきち shikichi | site; plot; lot |
| 倉敷 | くらしき kurashiki | Kurashiki (city); storage charges |
| 河川敷 | かせんじき kasenjiki | flood plain; river terrace; riverside area |
| 下敷き | したじき shitajiki | desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; underlay |
| 敷き布団 | しきぶとん shikibuton | futon (laid on the floor); (Japanese) mattress; underquilt |
| 座敷 | ざしき zashiki | tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room |
Study notes
敷 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 15 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1212 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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