Jisho

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Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 翅鞘 【シショウ】 elytron
  • 翅脈 【シミャク】 wing veins (of an insect)
  • 後翅 【コウシ】 hindwing
  • 魚翅 【ユイチー】 shark fin

Kun reading compounds

  • 翅 【はね】 wing (of an insect)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chi4
Korean:
si

Spanish

Portuguese

French

2040 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1248 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
28642 Morohashi
4678 New Nelson (John Haig)
2k8.4 The Kanji Dictionary
3-4-6 SKIP code
4740.2 Four corner code
1-70-34 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7fc5 Unicode hex code

16 strokes
Radical:
leather, rawhide
Parts:
sheath, case, margin, difference, shells (of beans)
Kun:
さや
On:
ショウソウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 鞘翅類 【ショウシルイ】 coleopterans, beetles
  • 髄鞘 【ズイショウ】 myelin sheath (around the axon of a neuron)
  • 葉鞘 【ヨウショウ】 leaf sheath, vagina

Kun reading compounds

  • 鞘 【さや】 scabbard, sheath, cap (on pen, brush, etc.), case, sleeve, margin (between two prices), spread, markup, commission, enclosure, outer fence
  • 鞘当て 【さやあて】 rivalry in love, rivalry for the heart of a woman, quarrel over something trivial, storm in a teacup, quarrel between two samurai due to an (accidental) clash of sheaths while crossing paths
  • 元サヤ 【もとサヤ】 getting back together, being reconciled, returning to normal
  • 弓は袋に太刀は鞘 【ゆみはふくろにたちはさや】 the world is at peace, bows in bags and swords in sheaths

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qiao4, shao1
Korean:
cho

Spanish

Portuguese

French

5099 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2542 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2259 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1598 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
42850X Morohashi
6587 New Nelson (John Haig)
2784 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2805 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4b12.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-9-7 SKIP code
4952.7 Four corner code
1-30-68 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9798 Unicode hex code