櫛
comb
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
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.