詩 – poem, poetry

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The kanji 詩 means poem, poetry. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シ (shi); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is うた (uta). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 言 (no. 149).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シ	shi
Kun’yomi	うた	uta

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 言 (Kangxi radical 149). Components: 言・寸・土.

Words using 詩

詩しpoem詩人しじんpoet

Example sentences

この詩は誰が書いたのですか。

By whom was this poem written?

Tatoeba #221719

イギリス人は自国の詩人を誇りにしている。

England is proud of her poets.

Tatoeba #229214

Kanji with the same radical

議言調話設記認論計談語証説護警訪

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.