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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1052 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 6

Meaning: turf, lawn

Kunyomi: しば

Onyomi: シ

Composition: 艹 之

芝

Radical

Radical: 艸

Reading: くさかんむり

Meaning: grass

Strokes: 3

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Examples

Examples with audio

芝(しば)   lawn, sod, turf

芝生(しばふ)   lawn

芝居(しばい)   play, drama

人工芝(じんこうしば)   artificial grass

Onyomi Examples

芝 (シバ) lawn, sod, turf

芝居 (シバイ) play, drama

霊芝 (レイシ) bracket fungus (Ganoderma lucidum), reishi mushroom

Kunyomi Examples

芝 (しば) lawn, sod, turf

芝居 (しばい) play, drama

高麗芝 (こうらいしば) Korean lawn grass

東芝 (とうしば) Toshiba Corporation, Tōshiba

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