枕 — kanji meaning “pillow”
枕
pillow
- Meanings
- pillow
- On'yomi
- チン (chin)、シン (shin)
- Kun'yomi
- まくら
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 8
- Newspaper frequency
- #2084 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 75
- Chinese reading
- zhěn, zhèn — Chinese character page
Words with 枕
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 枕詞 | まくらことば makurakotoba | pillow word; decorative word used prefixally in classical Japanese literature |
| 枕元 | まくらもと makuramoto | bedside; near one's pillow |
| 枕草子 | まくらのそうし makuranosoushi | The Pillow Book (Heian-period collection of writings by Sei Shōnagon) |
| 膝枕 | ひざまくら hizamakura | laying one's head in someone's lap; using someone's lap for a pillow |
| 枕木 | まくらぎ makuragi | (railway) sleeper; (railroad) tie; crosstie |
| 夢枕 | ゆめまくら yumemakura | at the bedside where one dreams |
| 草枕 | くさまくら kusamakura | overnight stay when traveling (travelling) |
| 草枕 | くさまくら kusamakura | Kusamakura (1906 novel by Natsume Sōseki); The Three-Cornered World; Grass Pillow |
| 北枕 | きたまくら kitamakura | lying with one's head to the north (trad. position for dead bodies; taboo for sleeping) |
| 水枕 | みずまくら mizumakura | water-filled pillow |
| 氷枕 | こおりまくら koorimakura | cooling pillow (often rubber) |
| 歌枕 | うたまくら utamakura | place that is often written about in waka poetry |
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