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:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: くさかんむり

Meaning: grass

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

(しば)   lawn, sod, turf

生(しばふ)   lawn

居(しばい)   play, drama

人工(じんこうしば)   artificial grass

Onyomi Examples

シバ lawn, sod, turf

シバイ play, drama

レイシ bracket fungus (Ganoderma lucidum), reishi mushroom

Kunyomi Examples

しば lawn, sod, turf

しばい play, drama

高麗 こうらいしば Korean lawn grass

みちしば roadside grass, roadside weeds, guidance (sometimes esp. referring to guidance in love), guidepost, guide, Chinese fountain grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides)