Entry
  1. Noun

    bamboo stick used to strike meditators into greater wakefulness (in Zen Buddhism)

    Buddhism

  2. striking someone's wrist with one's index and middle finger

    Usually written using kana aloneesp. しっぺ

Also written 竹篦【しっぺい】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

bamboo

Kun
たけ
On
チク
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N2
Frequency
593 of 2500
Radical
bamboo
WaniKani
Level 4

Built from

Used in names as

たか

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-3-3SKIP code
6f0.1The Kanji Dictionary
8822.0Four corner code
2353deroo
7af9Unicode hex code
1-35-61JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3366Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4246New Nelson (John Haig)
228New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
267Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
168Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
201Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
937Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1007Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
719A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
247Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
68Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
25841Morohashi
170A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
129Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
129Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
113sakade
790Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
71henshall3
59Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
374Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1471Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
946Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zhu2Pinyin reading
jugKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
4WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

spatula, arrow shaft

Kun
へら、の、くし
On
ヘイ、ハイ
Strokes
14
Radical
bamboo

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (12)
CodeReference
2-6-8SKIP code
6f8.11The Kanji Dictionary
8871.1, 8811.1Four corner code
7b86Unicode hex code
1-42-47JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3410Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4310New Nelson (John Haig)
2633Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2677Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
26114Morohashi
bi4Pinyin reading
biKorean reading