芝 — kanji meaning “turf”
芝
turf, lawn
- Meanings
- turf, lawn
- On'yomi
- シ (shi)
- Kun'yomi
- しば
- Name readings
- こげ、しは
- 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
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 芝居 | しばい shibai | play; drama |
| 芝生 | しばふ shibafu | lawn; grass; turf |
| 紙芝居 | かみしばい kamishibai | kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s) |
| 東芝 | とうしば toushiba | Toshiba Corporation |
| 芝草 | しばくさ shibakusa | lawn; sod; turf |
| 人工芝 | じんこうしば jinkoushiba | artificial grass (lawn) |
| 芝居小屋 | しばいごや shibaigoya | playhouse; theatre; theater |
| 猿芝居 | さるしばい sarushibai | monkey show |
| 高麗芝 | こうらいしば kouraishiba | Korean lawn grass |
| 一人芝居 | ひとりしばい hitorishibai | one-person show; one-woman show; one-man show |
| 伽芝居 | とぎしばい togishibai | fairy play; pantomime |
| 戯け芝居 | おどけしばい odokeshibai | comedy; burlesque |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.