The kanji 施: meaning, readings and stroke order
施
- Meaning
- carry out, give
- On reading
- シ shi、セ se
- Kun reading
- ほどこ(す) hodokosu
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 方 square
- Level
- Level 8 · the last years of junior high
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- thực hiện, ban cho (thi)
- Japanese
- おこなう。めぐみを あたえる。
- Korean
- 시행하다, 베풀다 (시)
- Chinese
- 施行、施舍
Readings, words and example sentences
シ shi · on reading
施設
facility
町の 施設を 見学します。
We visit the town's facilities.
セ se · on reading · less common
布施
offering (to a temple or monk)
寺に 布施を おさめます。
People give an offering to the temple.
ほどこ(す) hodokosu · kun reading · less common
施す
to give (care), to carry out
けがに 手当てを 施します。
They give first aid for the injury.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.