The kanji 歯: meaning, readings and stroke order
歯
- Meaning
- tooth
- On reading
- シ shi
- Kun reading
- は ha
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 齒 tooth, molar
- Level
- Level 3 · grade 3
- Old form
- 齒
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- răng (xỉ)
- Japanese
- は。
- Korean
- 이, 이빨 (치)
- Chinese
- 牙齿 (齿)
Readings, words and example sentences
シ shi · on reading
歯科
dentist, dentistry
歯が いたいので 歯科へ 行きます。
My tooth hurts, so I go to the dentist.
は ha · kun reading
歯
tooth
食後に 歯を みがきます。
I brush my teeth after eating.
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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.