串 (くし): spit

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串くし

spit

KMT10Freq #2139Food & DiningAmbiguous glossKanji7 strokes

A skewer goes in, then out, then in again, through the mouth of the fish.

Kun'yomi

くしつらぬ.く

On'yomi

カンケンセン

spitskewer

口中

口

丨

Stroke 0 / 7

Speed1.0x

Concepts using this kanji

spit

skewered dango

suspicions

wooden target holder (in archery)

串打ち

skewering (fish, meat, etc.; for the purpose of grilling)

金串

metal spit

玉串料

cash offering made on the occasion of one's visit to a shrine

太玉串

branch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as a Shinto offering)

横串検索

federated search

竹串

bamboo skewer

玉串

branch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as an offering)

横串

crossing boundaries (structural, organizational, etc.)

curtain pillar

skewering

grilling on a skewer

skewer

skewered beef

fish skewer

kushiage

dried persimmons on a skewer

串カツ

kushikatsu

玉串奉奠

reverentially offering a branch of the sacred tree

幣串

staff to which shide are attached to make a go-hei

串鯖

mackerel skewer

侯串

wooden target holder (in archery)

祓串

tamagushi used at Ise Shrine's purification ceremonies

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open sea

Asia

apricot

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串

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All Meanings2

Component Breakdown2

Radical Decomposition2

Stroke Order7

Related11

Used In26

Easy to confuse with4

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