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芝

N1

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • turf
  • lawn

On'yomi (音読み)

  • シ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • しば
Strokes
6
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#1144
School Grade
Secondary
Radical
艸#140 · grass

Components

  • 亠
  • ⺾

Common Words

  • 芝しばNoun
    lawn, sod, turf
  • 芝居しばいNoun
    play, drama
  • 芝生しばふNoun
    lawn, grass, turf
  • 紙芝居かみしばいNoun
    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Noun
    playhouse, theatre, theater
  • 芝草しばくさNoun
    lawn, sod, turf
  • 冬芝ふゆしばNoun
    lawn grass for cold areas
  • 力芝ちからしばNoun
    Chinese fountain grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides)

Practice in Kanjiru

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