Japanese symbol for “lawnmower”
芝刈り機
しばかりき
Romaji: shibakariki
lawnmower
In Japanese, lawnmower is 芝刈り機, read しばかりき (shibakariki).
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Meanings
- n lawnmower
Written forms: 芝刈り機、芝刈機、芝刈り器. Readings: しばかりき.
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 芝居 | しばい shibai | play; drama |
| 芝生 | しばふ shibafu | lawn; grass; turf |
| 紙芝居 | かみしばい kamishibai | kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s) |
| 東芝 | とうしば toushiba | Toshiba Corporation |
| 芝草 | しばくさ shibakusa | lawn; sod; turf |
| 人工芝 | じんこうしば jinkoushiba | artificial grass (lawn) |
| 刈る | かる karu | to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip |
| 稲刈り | いねかり inekari | rice reaping; rice harvesting |
| 機能 | きのう kinou | function; facility; faculty |
See also: Chinese symbol for “lawnmower”.
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.