Japanese symbol for “combing”
櫛目
くしめ
Romaji: kushime
(sign of) combing; comb pattern (esp. pottery)
In Japanese, combing is 櫛目, read くしめ (kushime).
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Meanings
- n (sign of) combing; comb pattern (esp. pottery)
Written forms: 櫛目、くし目、クシ目. Readings: くしめ.
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 櫛比 | しっぴ shippi | standing (close together) in a row; lining (e.g. a street) |
| 解き櫛 | ときぐし tokigushi | wide-toothed comb |
| 櫛風沐雨 | しっぷうもくう shippuumokuu | struggling through wind and rain; undergoing hardships |
| 櫛風浴雨 | しっぷうよくう shippuuyokuu | struggling through wind and rain; undergoing hardships |
| 有櫛動物 | ゆうしつどうぶつ yuushitsudoubutsu | ctenophore (aquatic invertebrate of the phylum Ctenophora) |
| 目的 | もくてき mokuteki | purpose; goal; aim |
| 目標 | もくひょう mokuhyou | goal; target; aim |
| 注目 | ちゅうもく chuumoku | notice; attention; observation |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.