11 strokes
Kentei exam level Pre-1

spoon

Kun'yomi
  • spoon
On'yomi

Main Radical

(KanXi) (Nelson)

Reading Commonality

さじ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

spoon
さじ シ (Kentei Pre-1)
just so, this, right
ゼ これ シ (7th, N1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
head, counter for animals
ヒキ ショ ソ (Kentei Pre-1)
stop, halt
と.まる シ どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
spoon, spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21)
ヒ さじ (Kentei 1)

Common Words

stone knife (Jomon-period tool, shaped like a rice spoon)
ash scoop (tea ceremony)
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References

Unicode hex code 5319
JIS X 0208 1-26-92
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2131
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 582
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2891
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2900
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 2590
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4c7.13
Four corner code 6280.1