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Kotomora

櫛

comb

StatusJinmeiyōFrequencyTop 5,000Strokes17

Readings

On'yomi

  • シツ

Kun'yomi

  • くし
  • くしけず.る

Meaning

櫛 centers on a comb, the toothed tool used to untangle and arrange hair.

Most common words using 櫛

  • 櫛くし
    N2

    comb

  • 有櫛動物ゆうしつどうぶつ

    ctenophore (aquatic invertebrate of the phylum Ctenophora)

  • 有櫛動物門ゆうしつどうぶつもん

    Ctenophora (phylum comprising the comb jellies)

  • 櫛の歯が抜けたようくしのはがぬけたよう

    missing important things here and there; full of gaps

  • 櫛の歯が欠けたようくしのはがかけたよう

    missing important things here and there; full of gaps; as if the teeth of a comb were missing

  • 櫛板くしいた

    pecten; comb plate

  • 櫛歯くしば

    comb teeth

  • 櫛比しっぴ

    standing (close together) in a row; lining (e.g. a street)

  • 櫛水母くしくらげ

    comb jelly (any jellyfish-like animal of the phylum Ctenophora)

  • 櫛溝くしみぞ

    fins (of a fountain pen feed); comb feed

  • 櫛状くしじょう

    comb-shaped; pectiniform

  • 櫛目くしめ

    (sign of) combing; comb pattern (esp. pottery)

  • 櫛笥くしげ

    toiletries case

  • 櫛箱くしばこ

    comb box; toiletries case

  • 櫛風沐雨しっぷうもくう

    struggling through wind and rain; undergoing hardships

  • 櫛風浴雨しっぷうよくう

    struggling through wind and rain; undergoing hardships

  • 櫛鰓くしえら

    ctenidium; comb gill

  • 櫛鱗しつりん

    ctenoid scale

  • 解き櫛ときぐし

    wide-toothed comb

  • 馬櫛うまぐし

    curry-comb

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Study

Etymology

櫛 combines 木 (wood) with 節 (node, joint), likely reflecting the traditional material and the segmented, tooth-like structure of a comb.

Meaning mnemonic

A wooden 木 object with many small segments like bamboo nodes 節: picture a wooden comb with teeth lined up like the joints of a bamboo stalk.

Reading mnemonic

For シツ, imagine a comb made of sheets of wood: sheets -> シツ, and the wooden sheets are carved into a comb.