敷 – spread, pave, sit

15 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1212 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 敷 means spread, pave, sit, promulgate. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is フ (fu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is し.く、-し.き (shiku, shiki). It is written with 15 strokes, under radical 攴 (no. 66).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	フ	fu
Kun’yomi	し.く	shiku
Kun’yomi	-し.き	shiki

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: 攴 (Kangxi radical 66). Components: 十・田・方・丶・攵・乞.

Words using 敷

座敷ざしきtatami room敷地しきちsite敷くしくto spread out (e.g. a futon)風呂敷ふろしきfuroshiki屋敷やしきresidence

Example sentences

その敷地は軍事上の目的で利用されている。

The site is used for military purposes.

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私は、ポーチに敷く木製のデッキパネルを購入したいと思います。

I would like to purchase a wooden deck panel that can be laid on the porch.

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彼は風呂敷を十分に活用した。

He took full advantage of the wrapper.

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Kanji with the same radical

政改数教放整敗攻故散救敏敬敵敢

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