What does kanji 櫛 mean?

The primary meaning of kanji 櫛 is comb.

How is kanji 櫛 read?

The kunyomi readings for kanji 櫛 are くし, くしけず.る; the onyomi readings are シツ.

What words use kanji 櫛?

Example words that use kanji 櫛 include 櫛, 櫛の歯が欠けたよう, 櫛の歯が抜けたよう, 櫛歯.

JinmeiyōPre-Level 1

櫛

Meaning

Kanji 櫛

comb

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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み: くしくしけず.る
Onyomi 音読み: シツ
Nanori 名乗り: -

Variant: 栉 (Itaiji)

Jōyō: -
JLPT: -
Frequency: #2256
Strokes: 17
Radical: -
Components: -
Kanji Kentei: Pre-Level 1
Similar Kanji: 㸅 • 癤 • 蠞 • 節 • 擳 • 瀄 • 㘉

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Showing 15 of 22 entries that include this kanji.

櫛

くし

comb

櫛の歯が欠けたよう

くしのはがかけたよう

missing important things here and there

櫛の歯が抜けたよう

くしのはがぬけたよう

missing important things here and there

櫛歯

くしば

comb teeth

櫛水母

くしくらげ

comb jelly (any jellyfish-like animal of the phylum Ctenophora)

櫛水母類

くしくらげるい

comb jellies (jellyfish-like animals of the phylum Ctenophora)

櫛比

しっぴ

standing (close together) in a row

櫛風浴雨

しっぷうよくう

struggling through wind and rain

櫛風沐雨

しっぷうもくう

struggling through wind and rain

櫛目

くしめ

(sign of) combing

櫛鱗

しつりん

ctenoid scale

櫛匣

くしばこ

comb box

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Example sentences

5 reference sentences

彼は櫛で髪をとかした。

He combed his hair with a comb.

櫛の歯が細かく並んでいる。

The teeth of the comb are arranged closely together.

櫛を使って髪を整えた。

She tidied her hair with a comb.

櫛けずる音が聞こえる。

The sound of combing can be heard.

櫛を持っている。

I am holding a comb.

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