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芯

芯 – wick

7 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#2202 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 芯 means wick. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シン (shin). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 艸 (no. 140).

Stroke order

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Readings

TypeReadingRomaji
On’yomiシンshin

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: (Kangxi radical 140). Components: 心・艾.

Words using 芯

芯しんwick

Example sentences

シャーペンの芯２・３本もらえるかな。
Could you lend me a few mechanical pencil leads?
Tatoeba #215903
私は体の芯まで冷え切った。
I was frozen to the bone.
Tatoeba #155253

Kanji with the same radical

葉落英若蔵花苦薬芸葬著草薄芝薦華

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