Kanji

敷

spread, pave, sit, promulgate

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

15 strokes

Radical

攴部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

フ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

しく, -しき

Nanori (Name Reading)

しき, のぶ, ひら

Common Readings

フ, し…く

Example sentences

屋敷 やしき
この町には古いお屋敷がたくさん残っている。

Many old mansions still remain in this town.

メイド メイド
メイドが屋敷を掃除している。

A maid is cleaning the mansion.

敷く しく
客が来る前に布団を敷いておいた

I laid out the futons before the guests arrived.

占領 せんりょう
敵軍は首都を占領し、戒厳令を敷いた。

The enemy army occupied the capital and imposed martial law.

敷地 しきち
学校の敷地内は禁煙です。

Smoking is prohibited on the school grounds.

蔵 くら
古い実家の敷地内には、大きな蔵が残っている。

A large storehouse remains on the grounds of my old family home.

敷き詰める しきつめる
庭一面に色鮮やかな花が敷き詰められている。

The entire garden is covered with colorful flowers.

お化け屋敷 おばけやしき
文化祭で友達とお化け屋敷に入った。

I went into a haunted house with my friends at the school festival.

下敷きになる したじきになる
地震で家具の下敷きになる危険がある。

In an earthquake, people can become trapped under furniture.

座敷 ざしき
客人を奥の座敷へ案内した

I guided the guest to the tatami room in the back.

Example Vocabulary

屋敷

やしき

mansion; residence; estate

敷く

しく

to spread; to lay out; to enact

敷地

しきち

site; grounds; premises; lot

敷き詰める

しきつめる

to cover (a surface); to spread all over

お化け屋敷

おばけやしき

haunted house; haunted attraction

下敷きになる

したじきになる

to be pinned or trapped underneath something; to be crushed under falling debris

座敷

ざしき

tatami room; guest room; banquet

下敷き

したじき

敷居

しきい

threshold; doorway sill

河川敷

かせんじき

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