Word Meaning 鬼宿

きしゅく kishuku

鬼宿 is read as きしゅく (kishuku) and means "day of the ghost".

Meaning

English

"day of the ghost"
Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

Reading

Kana

きしゅく

Romaji

kishuku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 132912 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

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鬼宿日

きしゅくにち

"day of the ghost" (an extremely auspicious day on the lunar calendar for everything but weddings)

鬼

き

Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

鬼神

きじん

fierce god

鬼子母神

きしぼじん

Hariti (goddess of childbirth and children)

鬼才

きさい

wizard

鬼気

きき

ghastly

鬼門

きもん

weak point

鬼田平子

おにたびらこ

Oriental false hawksbeard (Youngia japonica)

鬼も十八番茶も出花

おにもじゅうはちばんちゃもでばな

just as even coarse tea tastes good when fresh, even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth

鬼も十八

おにもじゅうはち

even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth

鬼金目

おにきんめ

common fangtooth (Anoplogaster cornuta)

鬼百合

おにゆり

tiger lily (Lilium lancifolium)

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