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Kanji Detail for 敷 - "to spread"

敷

  • Meaning

    敷 means "to spread." Also associated with to lay flat, to state.

    1. To spread - To extend; to stretch out.

    2. To lay flat - To spread evenly; to reach everywhere.

    3. To state - To arrange; to line up.

    4. To lay down - To spread under something placed on top.

    5. Mat - Covering; something spread underneath.

  • Words using 敷

    • 敷地 しきち Listen site; plot; lot
    • 屋敷 やしき Listen residence; estate; grounds
    • 倉敷 くらしき Listen Kurashiki (city); storage charges
    • 河川敷 かせんじき Listen flood plain; river terrace; riverside area
    • 下敷き したじき Listen desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; underlay
    • 敷き布団 しきぶとん Listen futon (laid on the floor); (Japanese) mattress; underquilt
    • 敷設 ふせつ Listen laying (a railroad, pipes, naval mines, etc.); construction
    • 敷金 しききん Listen (security) deposit; caution money

  • Four-character idioms with 敷

    • 天井桟敷 てんじょうさじき Listen gallery (in a theatre); upper gallery; cheap seats

  • Tattoo check: 敷

    • Verified meaning: to spread
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read おさむ, しき)
    • Also carries these associations: to lay flat, to state

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 敷

    Given names 敷(おさむ)Listen

    Surnames 敷(しき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    spread; pave; sit; promulgate

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    spread, diffuse; apply, paint

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to spread; to lay out; to apply (powder, ointment etc); sufficient (to cover); enough

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to apply, to paint, to spread

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To spread. To distribute widely. Such as 敷衍. | Applying on top is 敷. Such as 敷藥. | Sufficient. Such as insufficient being 不敷.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    fu(フ) フ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    shi.ki(し-き) し-き

    shiku(し-く) し-く

  • Strokes

    tip

    15 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    攴 攵 (bokunyo・bokuzukuri・tomata・nobun)

  • Related Keywords

    to spread to lay flat to state lay down pave mat carpet cover arrange extend scatter distribute stretch blanket express

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