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sire
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingシン

Meanings

  1. sireRtK
  2. good belt
  3. gentleman
    断じてなどではないHe is anything but a gentleman.tatoeba
    成長立派なっHe has grown up to be a fine gentleman.tatoeba

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Mnemonic (RtK)

thread () · spiderman · monkey · sun () · day () · stick ()

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1461

Compound words

彼は身なりは立派だが、士などではない。
He is well dressed, but he is anything but a gentleman.tatoeba
彼は士などではない。
He is no gentleman.tatoeba

Stroke Order

11 strokes

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