芝
lawn, turf

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

シ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

しば

Nanori (名乗り)

こげしは

Stroke Order

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Information

Grade:8
Strokes:6
JLPT:1
Frequency:1052

Vocabulary

シ

WordReadingMeaning
霊芝レイシbracket fungus (Ganoderma lucidum); reishi mushroom
霊芝レイシbracket fungus (Ganoderma lucidum); reishi mushroom
芝蘭シランreishi mushroom and thoroughwort; fragrant plants; talented; virtuous

Other

WordReadingMeaning
紙芝居かみしばいkamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)
芝しばlawn; sod; turf
芝居しばいplay; drama
芝生しばふlawn; grass
芝居小屋しばいごやplayhouse; theatre; theater

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

芳
balmy, favorable, fragrant, perfume
Grade 8JLPT 1
苗
sapling, seedling, shoot
Grade 8JLPT 1
正
10**40, correct, justice, righteous
Grade 1JLPT 4
芽
bud, germ, spear, sprout
Grade 4JLPT 1
芋
potato
Grade 8JLPT 1
支
branch, branch radical (no. 65), support, sustain
Grade 5JLPT 3
苦
feel bitter, hardship, scowl, suffering, trial, worry
Grade 3JLPT 3
英
England, English, calyx, hero, outstanding
Grade 4JLPT 4
共
alike, all, and, both, neither, together, with
Grade 4JLPT 3
乏
destitution, limited, scarce
Grade 8JLPT 1