しか
ショク, かざ.る, かざ.り
decorate, ornament, adorn, embellish

This kanji has 13 strokes: 9 in the "food" radical (しよく) and 4 other strokes.

Sample compounds (14) :


  1. つつみかざる
    to cover up and make a show

  2. かざりつけ
    decoration, arrangement

  3. かざりつけ
    decoration, arrangement

  4. しゅうしょく
    (vs) ornamentation, embellishment, decoration, adornment, polish up (writing), modification (gram)

  5. かざりけ
    affectation, showing off
  6. てる
    かざりたてる
    to decorate gaudily, to deck out

  7. ふんしょく
    makeup, toilet, embellishment

  8. きかざる
    to dress up

  9. ふくしょく
    clothing and accessories, attire

  10. むねかざり
    brooch

  11. きょしょく
    ostentation, show, affectation

  12. そうしょく
    ornament

  13. くびかざり
    necklace

  14. かみかざり
    hair ornaments
Kanji Character : 飾
Kuten Encoding : 3094
SJIS Encoding : 3e7e
Unicode Encoding : 98fe
Old Nelson Index : 5161
Radical Number : 184
Frequency Ranking : 1007
Gakken Index : 972
Grade Level : 8
Halpern Index : 1717
Heisig Index : 1477
Henshall Index : 1427
New Nelson Index : 6683
O'Neil Index : 2164
Stroke Count : 13
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji Dictionary Index : 8b5.3
Spahn & Hadamitzky Radical Strokes : 8
Spahn & Hadamitzky Other Strokes : 5
Spahn & Hadamitzky Character ID : b
Spahn & Hadamitzky kanji Number : 3
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji & Kana Index : 979
SKIP Code : 1-8-5
De Roo Code : 2844
Four Corner Code : 8872.7
Korean reading : sig
Pinyin reading : shi4
Morohashi Index String : 44111P
Morohashi Volume and Page String : 12.0392
Morohashi Index Number : 44111
Morohashi Page : 392
Morohashi Volume : 12
Morohashi entry is Prime : true
Dictionary Codes
  1. R2844
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