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JLPT N2 · Noun

芯 (shin)

芯 (しん, shin) is a Japanese noun meaning “wick; marrow”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
しん
Romaji
shin
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. wick; marrow; staple (for stapler); (pencil) lead; stuffing · noun
  2. core; heart; centre; center · noun
  3. pistil (of a flower) · noun
  4. stamen · noun

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

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 芯

芯
wickシン · 7 strokes

Source: JMdict entry 1595120 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.