敷
lay; spread; pave; sit; promulgate
15 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1212.
Readings
- しく (kun reading): 敷く (しく) to spread out (e.g. a futon); 敷地 (しきち) site
- フ (on reading): 敷設 (ふせつ) laying (a railroad, pipes, naval mines, etc.); 敷衍 (ふえん) expatiation
- しき (kun reading): 下敷き (したじき) desk pad; 敷き詰める (しきつめる) to cover a surface
Components
- 旉
- 攵
- 丶 radical dot
- 乞 radical beg
- 十 radical ten
- 攵 radical strike, right-side form of 攴
- 方 radical direction
- 田 radical rice field
Words using 敷
- 敷く (しく) to spread out (e.g. a futon)
- 敷地 (しきち) site
- 屋敷 (やしき) residence
- 敷地内 (しきちない) within the premises
- お化け屋敷 (おばけやしき) haunted house
- 敷設 (ふせつ) laying (a railroad, pipes, naval mines, etc.)
- 敷衍 (ふえん) expatiation
- 敷設船 (ふせつせん) cable layer
- 海底電線敷設船 (かいていでんせんふせつせん) cable layer
- 地雷敷設地帯 (じらいふせつちたい) mined strip (of land)
- 下敷き (したじき) desk pad
- 敷き詰める (しきつめる) to cover a surface
- 敷き (しき) spreading
- 畳敷き (たたみじき) tatami-matted
- 鍋敷き (なべしき) pot stand
- 敷き (じき) suffix indicating room size (following a number of tatami mats and a counter)
120 words in all.