Japanese symbol for “poems”
詩歌
しいか
Romaji: shiika
Japanese and Chinese poetry
In Japanese, poems is 詩歌, read しいか (shiika).
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Meanings
- n Japanese and Chinese poetry
- n poetry; poems
Written forms: 詩歌、詩哥. Readings: しいか、しか.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “poems”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 高吟 | こうぎん kougin | (another's) poems |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 詩人 | しじん shijin | poet |
| 詩集 | ししゅう shishuu | poetry anthology; collection of poems; collected poems |
| 叙事詩 | じょじし jojishi | epic (poem); epic poetry |
| 漢詩 | かんし kanshi | Chinese poem; Chinese poetry |
| 風物詩 | ふうぶつし fuubutsushi | feature of the season; something characteristic of a particular season |
| 歌手 | かしゅ kashu | singer |
| 歌う | うたう utau | to sing |
| 歌舞伎 | かぶき kabuki | kabuki; traditional form of drama and music performed by male actors wearing makeup mainly in white and red |
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.