芝 – turf, lawn

6 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1052 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 芝 means turf, lawn. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シ (shi); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is しば (shiba). It is written with 6 strokes, under radical 艸 (no. 140).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シ	shi
Kun’yomi	しば	shiba

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: 艸 (Kangxi radical 140). Components: 亠・艾.

Words using 芝

芝居しばいplay芝生しばふlawn芝しばlawn

Example sentences

どの芝居がいいですか。

Can you recommend a good play?

Tatoeba #200308

芝生に露が降りている。

Dew has formed on the lawn.

Tatoeba #216133

母は私に芝を刈るように言った。

Mother told me to mow the lawn.

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Kanji with the same radical

葉落英若蔵花苦薬芸葬著草薄薦華荒

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