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Kotomora

屑

rubbish, junk, trash, waste, scraps

StatusJinmeiyōStrokes10

Readings

On'yomi

  • セツ

Kun'yomi

  • くず
  • いさぎよ.い

Meaning

屑 centers on worthless leftover material: rubbish, junk, trash, waste, or scraps. It describes things that are broken, discarded, or of no value.

Most common words using 屑

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  • 屑くず
    N2

    waste; scrap; garbage; dregs

  • 星屑ほしくず

    (countless) stars in the night sky

  • 藻屑もくず

    scraps of seaweed

  • 大鋸屑おがくず

    sawdust

  • ゴミ屑ゴミくず

    trash; garbage; junk

  • パン屑パンくず

    breadcrumbs

  • パン屑リストパンくずリスト

    topic path; breadcrumbs list; breadcrumbs trail

  • 中国藻屑蟹ちゅうごくもくずがに

    Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis)

  • 切れ屑きれくず

    cloth scraps

  • 屑入れ屑出しくずいれくずだし

    garbage in, garbage out

  • 屑屋くずや

    ragman; junkman; garbage man

  • 屑拾いくずひろい

    ragpicking; ragpicker

  • 屑物くずもの

    trash; junk; garbage

  • 屑穴子くずあなご

    duck-billed eel (Nettastoma parviceps)

  • 屑籠くずかご

    wastebasket; wastepaper basket

  • 屑糸くずいと

    waste thread

  • 屑繭くずまゆ

    waste cocoon (silk); bad cocoon; damaged cocoon

  • 岩屑がんせつ

    detritus; debris

  • 海の藻屑うみのもくず

    watery grave

  • 海の藻屑となるうみのもくずとなる

    to be drowned at sea

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Etymology

屑 combines 尸 (a body or dwelling) with 肖, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of small or fragmentary things. The exact historical development is uncertain.

Meaning mnemonic

Inside a dwelling 尸, small fragments 肖 pile up as worthless scraps and rubbish.

Reading mnemonic

For セツ, imagine a set of broken junk: set -> セツ, and all those scraps are worthless.