櫛

comb

19 strokes. Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names. Newspaper frequency rank 2256.

Readings

• くし (kun reading): 櫛 (くし) comb; 櫛形 (くしがた) comb-shaped
• シツ (on reading): 櫛比 (しっぴ) standing (close together) in a row; 櫛風沐雨 (しっぷうもくう) struggling through wind and rain
• くしけずる (kun reading)

Components

• 木
• 節
• 乞 radical beg
• 卩 radical seal
• 木 radical tree
• 竹 radical bamboo
• 艮 radical stopping; stubborn

Words using 櫛

• 櫛 (くし) comb
• 櫛形 (くしがた) comb-shaped
• 櫛笥 (くしげ) toiletries case
• 櫛目 (くしめ) (sign of) combing
• 櫛歯 (くしば) comb teeth
• 櫛比 (しっぴ) standing (close together) in a row
• 櫛風沐雨 (しっぷうもくう) struggling through wind and rain
• 櫛風浴雨 (しっぷうよくう) struggling through wind and rain
• 有櫛動物 (ゆうしつどうぶつ) ctenophore (aquatic invertebrate of the phylum Ctenophora)
• 櫛鱗 (しつりん) ctenoid scale

20 words in all.

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