獅

lion

13 strokes. Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names. Newspaper frequency rank 1914.

Readings

• シ (on reading): 獅子 (しし) lion; 獅子舞 (ししまい) lion dance
• しし (kun reading): 角兵衛獅子 (かくべえじし) traveling entertainer who wears a lion mask and does tumbling acts; 越後獅子 (えちごじし) street performance by itinerant entertainers featuring a tumbling act in which a child performer wears a carved lion's head

Components

• ⺨
• 師
• ｜ radical vertical stroke
• 口 radical mouth
• 巾 radical cloth
• ⺨ radical dog, left-side form of 犬

Words using 獅

• 獅子 (しし) lion
• 獅子舞 (ししまい) lion dance
• 獅子頭 (ししがしら) lion mask
• 唐獅子 (からじし) (mythical) Chinese lion
• 獅子王 (ししおう) lion (king of beasts)
• 角兵衛獅子 (かくべえじし) traveling entertainer who wears a lion mask and does tumbling acts
• 越後獅子 (えちごじし) street performance by itinerant entertainers featuring a tumbling act in which a child performer wears a carved lion's head

27 words in all.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists