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Kanji Detail for 柴 - "brushwood, firewood"

柴

  • Meaning

    柴 means "brushwood, firewood." Also associated with ritual.

    1. Brushwood - Small trees growing wild; bundled twigs.

    2. Ritual - A ceremony of burning brushwood to worship heaven.

  • Tattoo check: 柴

    • Verified meaning: brushwood, firewood
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read さい, さき, しのざき, しば)
    • Also carries these associations: ritual

    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 柴

    Given names 柴(まつり)Listen

    Surnames 柴(さい)Listen 柴(さき)Listen 柴(しのざき)Listen 柴(しば)Listen 柴(しばさき)Listen 柴(しばざき)Listen 柴(むらさき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    brush; firewood

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    firewood, faggots, fuel

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Chai

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    firewood, faggots, fuel; surname

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

    Small scattered wood used for cooking fuel. | Burning firewood in sacrifice is called 柴. From "Book of Documents": "At Mount Tai, he performed the 柴 sacrifice and made offerings in order to the mountains and rivers." Meaning piling firewood and burning it during sacrifice. Now dried grass for fuel is also called 柴. Such as 稻柴 (rice straw), 茅柴 (thatch). Also a gate made of woven grass is called 柴門.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    sai(サイ) サイ

    shi(シ) シ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    shiba(しば) しば

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    木 (ki・kihen)

  • Related Keywords

    brushwood ritual firewood bundles festival kindling twigs fuel bonfire logs timber ceremony

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