Japanese Hiragana Katakana Kanji

Japanese language learning information including:

Hiragana - pronunciation and writing
Katakana - pronunciation and writing
Kanji - grades 1-6 (教育漢字 Kyōiku kanji)
Vocabulary - nouns, verbs, adverbs, and adjectives
 
Kanji Grade 6 - 詞

Kanji character Grade 6 詞. Writing practice along with onyomi and kunyomi readings.

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Kanji Grade 6 - 詞
About
part of speech, words, poetry
Kun: ことば
On: シ
12 strokes
Radical: speech 言 (訁)
Parts: 一 亅 口 言
 
Onyomi
詞 【シ】 words, writing, lyrics, ci (form of Chinese poetry), independent word
詞華集 【シカシュウ】 anthology (of poems), florilegium
作詞 【サクシ】 (writing) song lyrics
固有名詞 【コユウメイシ】 proper noun
 
Kunyomi
詞書き 【ことばがき】 foreword to a collection of poems, preface, explanatory notes, captions
枕詞 【まくらことば】 pillow word (decorative word used prefixally in classical Japanese literature), preface, introduction