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Kanji Detail for 串 - "skewer"

串

  • Meaning

    串 means "skewer." Also associated with pierce, familiar.

    1. Skewer - A thin rod for piercing food.

    2. Pierce - To penetrate; to go through.

    3. Familiar - Well-acquainted; accustomed.

  • Tattoo check: 串

    • Verified meaning: skewer
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read くし, くしさき, くしざき)
    • Also carries these associations: pierce, familiar

    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 串

    Surnames 串(くし)Listen 串(くしさき)Listen 串(くしざき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    spit; skewer

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    string; relatives; conspire

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to string together; to skewer; to connect wrongly; to gang up; to rove; string; bunch; skewer; classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of; to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus); to move across

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    string; relatives; to conspire

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

    Things strung together. One string of cash is also called one 串. | In old times, the receipt for tax payment was called 串票. | Colloquially, being in collusion is called 串. Such as criminals colluding on testimony (串供) or in theater saying 串戲. | Interchangeable with 慣. To be accustomed. 親串 means intimate acquaintances. Now used to mean relatives. Also read in the departing tone of 穿.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kan(カン) カン

    ken(ケン) ケン

    sen(セン) セン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kushi(くし) くし

    tsuranu.ku(つらぬ-く) つらぬ-く

  • Strokes

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    7 strokes

  • Radical

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    丨 (tatebo・bo)

  • Related Keywords

    skewer pierce familiar accustomed spit barbecue bore cook grill kebab meat penetrate perforate prick puncture rod roast stab stick

Sentences including 串

  • This is the best kushikatsu restaurant in Osaka.

  • You know, the ones where you skewer some marshmallows and roast them. I don't know what they're called but they're really good. Let's try roasting some at my place sometime, too.

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