漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
芝: turf, lawn
JLPT N16 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
艹 carries the meaning · 之 gives the sound
6 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
しばshiba · kun'yomi · on its own
- 芝しばlawn, sod, turf
- 芝居しばいplay, drama
- 人工芝じんこうしばartificial grass
- 紙芝居かみしばいkamishibai; storytelling with pictures
- 芝草しばくさlawn; sod; turf
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 芝生しばふlawn
Also read シ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Grass growing on top! Like a green crown upon the earth, this radical sits above kanji related to flowers, herbs, and vegetation.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side芝 turf · 艹
vs乏 destitution · 丿In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhī
Same form: 芝 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 芝 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 芝 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhī most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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