櫛 — kanji meaning “comb”
櫛
comb
- Meanings
- comb
- On'yomi
- シツ (shitsu)
- Kun'yomi
- くし、くしけず.る
- Strokes
- 17
- School grade
- 9
- Newspaper frequency
- #2256 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 75
- Chinese reading
- zhì, jié — Chinese character page
Words with 櫛
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 櫛目 | くしめ kushime | (sign of) combing; comb pattern (esp. pottery) |
| 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) |
| 櫛水母 | くしくらげ kushikurage | comb jelly (any jellyfish-like animal of the phylum Ctenophora) |
| 櫛笥 | くしげ kushige | toiletries case |
| 櫛鱗 | しつりん shitsurin | ctenoid scale |
| 櫛箱 | くしばこ kushibako | comb box; toiletries case |
| 馬櫛 | うまぐし umagushi | curry-comb |
| 櫛板 | くしいた kushiita | pecten; comb plate |
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