Kanji 串 Words: Meanings and Readings

戯談

ぎだん

joke

串

くし

proxy (computer server)

くし刺し

くしざし

skewering

横串

よこくし

crossing boundaries (structural, organizational, etc.)

横串検索

よこぐしけんさく

federated search

牛串

ぎゅうくし

skewered beef

魚串

いおぐし

fish skewer

玉ぐし料

たまぐしりょう

cash offering made on the occasion of one's visit to a shrine

玉串

たまくし

branch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as an offering)

玉串奉奠

たまぐしほうてん

reverentially offering a branch of the sacred tree

金串

かなぐし

metal spit

串かつ

くしかつ

kushikatsu

串だんご

くしだんご

skewered dango

串柿

くしがき

dried persimmons on a skewer

串鯖

くしさば

mackerel skewer

串焼

くしやき

grilling on a skewer

串打ち

くしうち

skewering (fish, meat, etc.; for the purpose of grilling)

串揚

くしあげ

kushiage

侯串

こうぐし

wooden target holder (in archery)

焼き串

やきぐし

skewer

太玉串

ふとたまぐし

branch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as a Shinto offering)

竹串

たけぐし

bamboo skewer

的串

まとぐし

wooden target holder (in archery)

幣串

へいぐし

staff to which shide are attached to make a go-hei

幕串

まくぐし

curtain pillar

目串

めぐし

suspicions

祓串

はらえぐし

tamagushi used at Ise Shrine's purification ceremonies