櫛

comb

Stroke count: 17

Readings

On readingシツ

Kun readingくし、くしけず.る

Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

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外出する前に髪を櫛でときなさい。Comb your hair before you go out.tatoeba
藩庁は櫛羅陣屋。The seat of government was Kujira jinya (regional government office)wiki

Radicals and components

Radical木tree

Components

How it's built

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Compound words

櫛笥くしげ

toiletries case

櫛比しっぴ

standing (close together) in a row

櫛鱗しつりん

櫛匣くしばこ

解き櫛ときぐし

wide-toothed comb

櫛水母くしくらげ

comb jelly (any jellyfish-like animal of the phylum Ctenophora)

櫛水母類クシクラゲるい

comb jellies (jellyfish-like animals of the phylum Ctenophora)

櫛風浴雨しっぷうよくう

struggling through wind and rain

櫛風沐雨しっぷうもくう

struggling through wind and rain

有櫛動物ゆうしつどうぶつ

ctenophore (aquatic invertebrate of the phylum Ctenophora)

櫛の歯が欠けたようくしのはがかけたよう

missing important things here and there

Additional Examples

櫛笥家：四条庶流。

The Kushige Family: a side line of Shijowiki

Stroke Order

17 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 櫛

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step