Kanji

櫛

櫛

comb

Kanji

Grade

Grade 9

Strokes

17 strokes

Radical

木部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

シツ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

くし, くしけずる

Example sentences

櫛 くし
姉 は 櫛 で 髪 を 綺麗 に 梳かした

My older sister combed her hair beautifully with a comb.

櫛比 しっぴ
都心 に は 高層 ビル が 櫛比 していた

Skyscrapers were standing in a row in the city center.

櫛風沐雨 しっぷうもくう
創業者 は 櫛風沐雨 の 末 に 、 この 大企業 を 築き上げた 。

The founder built this large corporation after years of unremitting hardship.

Example Vocabulary

櫛

くし

comb

手櫛

てぐし

櫛比

しっぴ

standing in a row (like the teeth of a comb)

櫛形

くしがた

櫛切り

くしぎり

櫛目

くしめ

櫛歯

くしば

櫛風沐雨

しっぷうもくう

being exposed to the wind and rain; toiling hardships

有櫛動物

ゆうしつどうぶつ

馬櫛

うまぐし

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