施 (alms, bestow, give, perform) - Kanji Codex

施

alms, bestow, give, perform

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

シセ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

ほどこ.す

Stroke Order

9 / 9

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:9

JLPT:1

Frequency:323

Vocabulary

シ

Word	Reading	Meaning
施策	シサク	policy; measure
施政	シセイ	government; administration; statesmanship
施設	シセツ	facility; facilities; institution; establishment; home (for the elderly, orphans, etc.)
施行	シコウ	putting in force (a law); putting into operation; putting into effect; enforcement; carrying out (a plan, policy, etc.); execution
施行	シギョウ	putting in force (a law); putting into operation; putting into effect; enforcement; carrying out (a plan, policy, etc.); execution

セ

Word	Reading	Meaning
布施	フセ	alms-giving; charity; offerings (usu. money) to a priest (for reading sutras, etc.)
施行	セコウ	putting in force (a law); putting into operation; putting into effect; enforcement; carrying out (a plan, policy, etc.); execution
施工	セコウ	construction; constructing; carrying out; work; formation; workmanship; execution
施錠	セジョウ	locking
施主	セシュ	donor; benefactor; almsgiver; chief mourner; client (of a builder, etc.)

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
施す	ほどこす	to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to conduct; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation); to sow; to seed; to scatter (e.g. fertilizer); to sprinkle; to spread far and wide
実施	じっし	enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters); enactment
施し	ほどこし	charity; almsgiving
施し物	ほどこしもの	alms
実施例	じっしれい	example of execution (e.g. in patents); practical example; working example; embodiment

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