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詩

Poem
Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingシ
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 3Level 13

Meanings

  1. poemRtK
  2. poetry
    彼は小説よりも詩を好む。He prefers poetry to fiction.tatoeba
  1. verse
  2. chinese poem

Synonyms

漢詩

Homonyms

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Same reading (し)
四 · four市 · city氏 · Mr死 · death誌 · magazine史 · history

Popular Usage

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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say (言) · words (言) · keitai · mouth (口) · Buddhist temple · soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土) · glue

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 370

Compound words

詩人しじん
poet
漢詩かんし
Chinese poem; Chinese poetry
詩集ししゅう
poetry anthology; collection of poems; collected poems
詩情しじょう
poetic sentiment; poetic interest; poetic inspiration
詩歌しいか
Japanese and Chinese poetry; poetry; poems
叙事詩じょじし
epic (poem); epic poetry
近代詩きんだいし
modern poetry; modern-style poetry
風物詩ふうぶつし
feature of the season; something characteristic of a particular season; poem about natural scenery or a particular season
哀詩あいし
elegy
英詩えいし
English poetry
劇詩げきし
dramatic poem
原詩げんし
original poem
古詩こし
ancient poems
詩抄ししょう
anthology
詩篇しへん
book containing a collection of poems
詩編しへん
book containing a collection of poems
詩哥しいか
Japanese and Chinese poetry
譚詩たんし
ballade
頌詩しょうし
admired poem
狂詩曲きょうしきょく
rhapsody
現代詩げんだいし
modern poetry
抒情詩じょじょうし
lyric (poem)
譚詩曲たんしきょく
ballade
吟遊詩人ぎんゆうしじん
(wandering) minstrel

On Reading Examples

彼は詩を暗記した。し
He learned the poem by heart.tatoeba
彼は自然に対する気持ちを詩で表現した。し
He expressed his feelings for nature in a poem.tatoeba
彼は詩を覚えていた。し
He was learning a poem.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は先天的な詩人です。
He is a born poet.tatoeba
彼は生来の詩人だ。
He is a poet by birth.tatoeba
彼は生まれながらの詩人だ。
He is a poet by birth.tatoeba
彼は世にもまれな大詩人でした。
He was as great a poet as ever lived.tatoeba

Stroke Order

13 strokes

Poem. 言 (words) + 寺 (temple) — words treasured like temple texts.

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