串 — kanji meaning “spit”
串
spit, skewer
- Meanings
- spit, skewer
- On'yomi
- カン (kan)、ケン (ken)、セン (sen)
- Kun'yomi
- くし、つらぬ.く
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- 8
- Newspaper frequency
- #2139 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 2
- Chinese reading
- chuàn — Chinese character page
Words with 串
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 串カツ | くしカツ kushikatsu | kushikatsu; deep-fried skewered meat and vegetables |
| 串刺し | くしざし kushizashi | skewering; skewered food |
| 串焼き | くしやき kushiyaki | grilling on a skewer; spit-roasting |
| 玉串 | たまぐし tamagushi | branch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as an offering) |
| 金串 | かなぐし kanagushi | metal spit; metal skewer |
| 串揚げ | くしあげ kushiage | kushiage; deep-fried skewered meat and vegetables |
| 竹串 | たけぐし takegushi | bamboo skewer |
| 焼き串 | やきぐし yakigushi | skewer; spit |
| 串柿 | くしがき kushigaki | dried persimmons on a skewer |
| 幣串 | へいぐし heigushi | staff to which shide are attached to make a go-hei |
| 祓串 | はらえぐし haraegushi | tamagushi used at Ise Shrine's purification ceremonies |
| 目串 | めぐし megushi | suspicions; guess |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.