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詩 — 13 strokes / Radical「言」

道
8Elementary year 3 / 13 strokes / Radical「言」
On
シし · shi
Kun
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Meaning
poem, poetry

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

言 (words) + 寺 (phonetic marker for 'shi') — feelings arranged in words: a poem.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onシしshi詩情しじょう詩人しじん詩歌しいか

「詩歌」は,「シイカ」とも。

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 詩人しじん

    poet

  • 詩集ししゅう

    collection of poems

More words with this kanji

  • 詩吟しぎん
  • 抒情詩じょじょうし
  • 詩讖ししん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

きれいな 詩(し)を かいた。

I wrote a beautiful poem.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

詩人詩集詩人person集gather調invest…談talk言to say訂revise訃notice…仕to ser…死death次next使to use始to beg…
CompoundRadicalReading

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