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Kanji Detail for 葺 - "to thatch, to repair"

葺

  • Meaning

    葺 means "to thatch, to repair." Also associated with overlap.

    1. To repair - To mend; to fix; to renovate.

    2. To thatch - To cover a roof with grass or reeds.

    3. To cover - To overlap; to layer.

  • Tattoo check: 葺

    • Verified meaning: to thatch, to repair
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Also carries these associations: overlap

    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.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    thatch; cover; shingle; tile

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    thatch; fix, repair; pile up

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to repair

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    thatch; to fix, to repair

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

    To repair. To thatch a roof with grass. Nowadays repairing houses is all called 葺.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shuu(シュウ) シュウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ashi(あし) あし

    fuki(ふき) ふき

    fuku(ふ-く) ふ-く

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    艸 艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)

  • Related Keywords

    thatch repair overlap cover roof mend fix renovate shingling tiling layer restore reeds maintain

Sentences including 葺

  • This house has a thatched roof.

Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces

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