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敷

Spread
Stroke count: 15

Readings

On readingフ
Kun readingし.く
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8Level 40

Verbs with «敷»

敷く

Meanings

  1. spreadRtK
  2. lay out
  3. pave
  1. spreading
  2. laying out
  3. covering
  4. security deposit
  5. japanese mattress

Popular Usage

座敷敷地敷く

Radicals and components

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Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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arrowhead · rice field (田) · brains · compass · direction (方) · taskmaster

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2028

Compound words

座敷ざしき
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
敷くしく
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate
敷地しきち
site; plot; lot; grounds
倉敷くらしき
Kurashiki (city); storage charges
敷居しきい
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
敷金しききん
(security) deposit; caution money
敷設ふせつ
laying (a railroad, pipes, naval mines, etc.); construction
屋敷やしき
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
下敷きしたじき
desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; underlay; being pinned under; being caught under
風呂敷ふろしき
furoshiki; wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper
河川敷かせんじき
flood plain; river terrace; riverside area; area between river and river bank
敷き布団しきぶとん
futon (laid on the floor); (Japanese) mattress; underquilt; sleeping mat
下敷したじき
desk pad
居敷いしき
kimono seat lining
桟敷さじき
dress circle (of a theatre)
敷衍ふえん
expatiation
棧敷さじき
dress circle (of a theatre)
奥座敷おくざしき
inner parlor
下屋敷しもやしき
daimyo's residence on the outskirts of Edo
宜敷くよろしく
well
敷布団しきぶとん
bottom futon
聾桟敷つんぼさじき
being kept uninformed
玉敷沙蚕たましきごかい
Arenicola brasiliensis (species of lugworm)
天井桟敷てんじょうさじき
gallery (in a theatre)

Additional Examples

彼は風呂敷を十分に活用した。
He took full advantage of the wrapper.tatoeba
彼は倒れた木の下敷きになってうごけなかった。
He was pinned down by a fallen tree.tatoeba
彼は女房の尻に敷かれている。
He is a hen-pecked husband.tatoeba
彼はいなかの屋敷に住んでいる。
He lives on his country estate.tatoeba
敷地7000坪。
The premises measure 7000 tsubo (a unit of land measurement; 3.95 square yards; 3.31 square meters).wiki
敷地の中心を取る
Selecting the center of the whole premise.wiki
以後、院政を敷く。
After that the Retired Emperor ruled the cloistered government.wiki
舞台と同じく板を縦に敷く。
Like the stage, a board is provided longitudinally.wiki

Stroke Order

15 strokes

To spread out, lay. 旉 (to spread) + 攵 (hand action) — laying something flat, like a futon.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 敷

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