獅 — kanji meaning “lion”
獅
lion
- Meanings
- lion
- On'yomi
- シ (shi)
- Kun'yomi
- しし
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- 9
- Newspaper frequency
- #1914 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 94
- Chinese reading
- shī — Chinese character page
Words with 獅
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 獅子 | しし shishi | lion |
| 獅子王 | ししおう shishiou | lion (king of beasts) |
| 獅子奮迅 | ししふんじん shishifunjin | furious (energy, battle, etc.); frenzied (work, activity, etc.); ferocious |
| 唐獅子 | からじし karajishi | (mythical) Chinese lion; Chinese guardian lion |
| 獅子頭 | ししがしら shishigashira | lion mask |
| 獅子吼 | ししく shishiku | lion's roar; harangue |
| 獅子舞 | ししまい shishimai | lion dance; traditional dance performed by one or more dancers wearing a guardian lion costume |
| 獅子女 | スフィンクス sufinkusu | sphinx |
| 獅子鼻 | ししばな shishibana | pug nose; snub nose; upturned nose |
| 獅子宮 | ししきゅう shishikyuu | Leo (5th zodiacal sign); the Lion |
| 越後獅子 | えちごじし echigojishi | street performance by itinerant entertainers featuring a tumbling act in which a child performer wears a carved lion's head |
| 獅子身中 | しししんちゅう shishishinchuu | treacherous friend; snake in one's bosom; treacherous insider |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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