Kanji

獅

獅

lion

Kanji

Grade

Grade 9

Strokes

13 strokes

Radical

犬部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

シ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

しし

Example sentences

獅子 しし
神社 の 入り口 に は 一対 の 獅子 の 像 が 置かれている 。

A pair of lion statues is placed at the entrance of the shrine.

獅子奮迅 ししふんじん
彼 は 獅子奮迅 の 勢い で プロジェクト を 完成 させた

He completed the project with irresistible force.

獅子身中 しししんちゅう
彼 は 獅子身中 の 虫 と なって 、 組織 を 内部 から 崩壊させた 。

He became an internal enemy and brought down the organization from within.

Example Vocabulary

獅子

しし

lion

獅子王

ししおう

獅子奮迅

ししふんじん

with irresistible force; with the fury of a lion

獅子身中の虫

しししんちゅうのむし

獅子舞

ししまい

獅子座

ししざ

獅子頭

ししがしら

獅子吼

ししく

唐獅子

からしし

獅子身中

しししんちゅう

internal enemy; traitor within

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