EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes); shitake

    Usually written using kana alone

    椎茸を乾燥させて保存します。
    We keep shiitake mushrooms dry.

Also written 香蕈【しいたけ】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

chinquapin, mallet, spine

Kun
つちう.つ
On
ツイスイ
Strokes
12
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1911 of 2500
Radical
tree
WaniKani
Level 58

Built from

Used in names as

しい

Dictionary and index codes (21)
CodeReference
1-4-8SKIP code
4a8.1The Kanji Dictionary
4091.4Four corner code
690eUnicode hex code
1-36-39JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2296Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2742New Nelson (John Haig)
1249Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
679Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
905Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2505Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
597Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1314A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1629Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
15024Morohashi
2116Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1748Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
zhui1, chui2Pinyin reading
chuKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
58WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

mushroom

Kun
きのこたけしげ.る
On
ジョウニュ
Strokes
9
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Radical
grass

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (15)
CodeReference
2-3-6, 2-4-6SKIP code
3k6.1The Kanji Dictionary
4440.1Four corner code
8338Unicode hex code
1-34-91JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3935Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5026New Nelson (John Haig)
2809Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1949Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2394Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2475Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
925Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
30918XMorohashi
rong2, rong3Pinyin reading
yongKorean reading