嗜

taste for; like; taste; modest

13 strokes. Newspaper frequency rank 2465.

Readings

• シ (on reading): 嗜好 (しこう) taste; 嗜好品 (しこうひん) luxury grocery item (e.g. alcohol, coffee, tea, tobacco)
• たしなむ (kun reading): 嗜む (たしなむ) to have a taste for; 不嗜 (ぶたしなみ) poor preparation
• たしなみ (kun reading): 嗜み (たしなみ) taste (in goods, etc.)
• このむ (kun reading)
• このみ (kun reading)

Components

• 口
• 耆
• 匕 radical spoon
• 口 radical mouth
• 日 radical sun; day
• ⺹ radical old, top form of 老

Words using 嗜

• 嗜好 (しこう) taste
• 嗜好品 (しこうひん) luxury grocery item (e.g. alcohol, coffee, tea, tobacco)
• 嗜癖 (しへき) addiction
• 性的嗜好 (せいてきしこう) sexual preference
• 嗜虐 (しぎゃく) sadism
• 嗜む (たしなむ) to have a taste for
• 不嗜 (ぶたしなみ) poor preparation
• 嗜み (たしなみ) taste (in goods, etc.)

20 words in all.

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