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lion
Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingシ
Kun readingしし
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. lionRtK
    今回の成果はひとえに彼の獅子奮迅の働きの賜物でしょう。Our latest results are the fruit of his furious efforts.tatoeba
    俳号は中村獅童。His haigo (the pen name of a haiku poet) was Shido NAKAMURA.wiki
  1. left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine

Radicals and components

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Components
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Compound words

獅子しし
lion; left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine
獅子座ししざ
Leo (constellation)
獅子女スフィンクス
sphinx
獅子唐ししとう
shishito pepper (variety of Capsicum annuum)
獅子吼ししく
lion's roar
唐獅子からじし
(mythical) Chinese lion
獅子奮迅ししふんじん
furious (energy, battle, etc.)
獅子唐芥子ししとうがらし
shishito
獅子唐辛子ししとうがらし
shishito
獅子身中の虫しししんちゅうのむし
snake in one's bosom
獅子奮迅の勢いししふんじんのいきおい
irresistible force

Additional Examples

俳号は中村獅童。
His haigo (the pen name of a haiku poet) was Shido NAKAMURA.wiki
日本の中国獅子舞団
Chinese lion dance groups in Japanwiki

Stroke Order

13 strokes

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