Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1212 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 15

Meaning: spread, pave, sit, promulgate

Kunyomi: し.く -し.き

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: rap

Examples

Onyomi Examples

フセツ laying (a railroad, pipes, naval mines, etc.), construction

フエン expatiation, enlargement (e.g. on a point), elaboration, amplification, clear explanation, paraphrasing

Kunyomi Examples

しく to spread out, to lay out, to take a position, to impose widely (e.g. over a city)