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匙 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「匕」

道
準1University / general ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「匕」
On
シし · shi
Kun
さじsaji
Meaning
spoon

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A spoon shape with 是 as phonetic: the tool for scooping liquid — a spoon.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 匙さじ

    spoon

  • 匙加減さじかげん

    adjustment; discretion

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

医者(いしゃ)が匙(さじ)を投(な)げるほど難(むずか)しい病(やまい)だ。

It is an illness so hard that the doctor gave it up.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

匙加減匙加減匙加to add減to dec…匕spoon化change北north之of巳the Sn…仔young只only弛slacke…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Radical

Map of radical 匕Map of reading シAll maps

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