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芝 — kanji meaning “turf”

turf, lawn

Meanings
turf, lawn
On'yomi
Kun'yomi
Name readings
Strokes
6
School grade
8
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Newspaper frequency
#1052 of 2,500
Classical radical
140
Chinese reading
zhī — Chinese character page

Words with 芝

WordReadingMeaning
しばい shibaiplay; drama
しばふ shibafulawn; grass; turf
かみしばい kamishibaikamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)
とうしば toushibaToshiba Corporation
しばくさ shibakusalawn; sod; turf
じんこうしば jinkoushibaartificial grass (lawn)
しばいごや shibaigoyaplayhouse; theatre; theater
さるしばい sarushibaimonkey show
こうらいしば kouraishibaKorean lawn grass
ひとりしばい hitorishibaione-person show; one-woman show; one-man show
とぎしばい togishibaifairy play; pantomime
おどけしばい odokeshibaicomedy; burlesque

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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