The kanji 芯: meaning, readings and stroke order

芯

Meaning: core, pencil lead
On reading: シン shin
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 7
Radical: 艸 grass
Level: Level 10 · the last years of senior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: lõi, ruột (bút chì) (tâm)
Japanese: まんなかのしん。えんぴつのしん。
Korean: 심, 연필심 (심)
Chinese: 芯、笔芯

Readings, words and example sentences

シン shin · on reading

芯しん
lead (of a pencil), core
えんぴつの 芯しんが折れました。
My pencil lead broke.

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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.