EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; underlay

  2. being pinned under; being caught under; being trapped under; being buried under; being crushed beneath

  3. model; pattern

    often as 〜を下敷きにして

Also written 下敷【したじき】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

below, down, descend, give, low, inferior

Kun
したしももとさ.げるさ.がるくだ.るくだ.りくだ.す-くだ.すくだ.さるお.ろすお.りる
On
Strokes
3
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
97 of 2500
Radical
one
WaniKani
Level 1

Built from

Used in names as

さかしと

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-3-1SKIP code
2m1.2The Kanji Dictionary
1023.0Four corner code
3154deroo
4e0bUnicode hex code
1-18-28JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
9New Nelson (John Haig)
3378New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4186Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2115Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2862Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
50Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
51Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
72A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
46Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
30Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14Morohashi
7A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
31Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
31Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
21sakade
6Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
24henshall3
13Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
75crowley
32Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.1busy_people
4Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
50Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xia4Pinyin reading
haKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
1WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

spread, pave, sit, promulgate

Kun
し.く-し.き
On
Strokes
15
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1212 of 2500
Radical
rap
WaniKani
Level 40

Built from

Used in names as

しきにゅう

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-11-4SKIP code
4i11.1The Kanji Dictionary
5824.0Four corner code
1566deroo
6577Unicode hex code
1-41-63JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2059Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2357New Nelson (John Haig)
1870New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2345Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1207Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1653Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1883Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2028Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1053A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2355Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1039Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
13359PMorohashi
1756A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1451Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1544Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1392Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1772Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
724Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
947Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1901Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
fu1Pinyin reading
buKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
40WaniKani level