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匙

spoon
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingシ
Kun readingさじ
RareKANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. spoon
    彼には先生も匙を投げている。He is his teachers' despair.tatoeba
    石匙 携帯に便利なように工夫された、日本の石器。Ishisaji (stone spoon): Designed for portability, an unique stone tool developed in Japanwiki
  2. wooden spoonRtK

Synonyms

スプーン

Radicals and components

Radical匕spoon
Components
How it's built
匙
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Compound words

小匙こさじ
teaspoon
石匙いしさじ
stone knife (Jomon-period tool, shaped like a rice spoon)
大匙おおさじ
tablespoon
茶匙ちゃさじ
teaspoon
飯匙いいがい
rice spoon
匙加減さじかげん
measured amount (esp. of medicine)
飯匙倩はぶ
habu (Trimeresurus flavoviridis)
姫飯匙倩ひめはぶ
Okinawa pit viper (Ovophis okinavensis)
本飯匙倩ほんはぶ
Okinawan habu (Trimeresurus flavoviridis)
匙を投げるさじをなげる
to give up (something as hopeless)
台湾飯匙倩タイワンはぶ
Taiwanese habu (Trimeresurus mucrosquamatus)

Additional Examples

石匙 携帯に便利なように工夫された、日本の石器。
Ishisaji (stone spoon): Designed for portability, an unique stone tool developed in Japanwiki
剥片石器には石鏃、石匙など多くの利器を含んでいる。
Flake stone tools include useful tools such as flint arrowheads and stone knives.wiki

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 匙

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