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芝

turf
Stroke count: 6

Readings

On readingシ
Kun readingしば
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. turfRtK
    彼は非常に疲れていたので芝生の上に横になった。He was so tired that he laid himself on the grass.tatoeba
    芝居で使われる。It is used for plays.wiki
  2. lawn
  1. sod

Homonyms

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Same reading (しば)
柴 · brushwood

Popular Usage

芝居芝生

Radicals and components

Radical艸grass
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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flowers (艹) · of · Zorro · building blocks · zig-zag

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1301

Compound words

芝居しばい
play; drama
芝生しばふ
lawn; grass
芝草しばくさ
lawn; sod; turf
紙芝居かみしばい
kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)
芝居小屋しばいごや
playhouse; theatre; theater
猿芝居さるしばい
monkey show
伽芝居とぎしばい
fairy play
芝麻醤ジーマージャン
sesame paste
サル芝居さるしばい
monkey show
一人芝居ひとりしばい
one-person show
戯け芝居おどけしばい
comedy
独り芝居ひとりしばい
one-person show
緞帳芝居どんちょうしばい
low-class kabuki theater
ひとり芝居ひとりしばい
one-person show
隣の芝生は青いとなりのしばふはあおい
the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
となりの芝生は青いとなりのしばふはあおい
the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence

Additional Examples

彼は芝生の上に寝転がっている。
He is lying on the grass.tatoeba
彼は芝居を見に行くのが大好きだ。
He adores going to the theater.tatoeba
芝居で使われる。
It is used for plays.wiki
二段目：芝居風呂
Act Two: Shibaiburo Shibaiburo (drama in the public bath)wiki

Stroke Order

6 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 芝

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