詩

poem; poetry

13 strokes. Taught in grade 3. Newspaper frequency rank 1196.

Readings

• シ (on reading): 詩 (し) poem; 詩人 (しじん) poet
• うた (kun reading): 悪魔の詩 (あくまのうた) The Satanic Verses (novel by Salman Rushdie)

Components

• 言
• 寺
• 土 radical earth
• 寸 radical inch; measure
• 言 radical speech

Words using 詩

• 詩 (し) poem
• 詩人 (しじん) poet
• 詩集 (ししゅう) poetry anthology
• 詩作 (しさく) composition of a poem
• 叙事詩 (じょじし) epic (poem)
• 悪魔の詩 (あくまのうた) The Satanic Verses (novel by Salman Rushdie)

116 words in all.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists