Kanji

2473 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 17

Meaning: shit, feces, excrement

Kunyomi: くそ

Onyomi: フン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: rice

Examples

Onyomi Examples

フン feces (esp. animal), excrement, dung

フンカイ fecaloma, fecalith, fecolith, coprolith, stercoroma

ケイフン poultry manure, chicken droppings

ギュウフン cattle manure, cow dung, cowpat, bullshit

Kunyomi Examples

くそ damn, damn it, shit, crap, feces, excrement, dung, damn, damned, blasted, stupid, very, extremely, really, terrible, awful, shit, crap, a lot, negligible, insignificant, not mattering at all, counting for nothing, hardly worth consideration, out of the question

くそおけ bucket for carrying night soil

こくそ silkworm droppings

味噌 みそくそ harsh, severe (e.g. criticism, verbal attack), jumble, mess