芝
芝 — Turf
turf, lawn
On’yomiシ (shi)
Kun’yomiしば (shiba)
Stroke order (6 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 芝
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 芝 | しば shiba | lawn; sod; turf |
| 芝居 | しばい shibai | play; drama |
| 芝生 | しばふ shibafu | lawn; grass; turf |
| 紙芝居 | かみしばい kamishibai | kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s) |
| 芝居小屋 | しばいごや shibaigoya | playhouse; theatre; theater |
| 芝草 | しばくさ shibakusa | lawn; sod; turf |
Study notes
芝 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 6 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1052 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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