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Kotomora

葺

thatch, cover, shingle, tile

StatusJinmeiyōStrokes12

Readings

On'yomi

  • シュウ

Kun'yomi

  • あし
  • ふ.く
  • ふき

Meaning

葺 centers on covering a roof with layered material: thatching, shingling, or tiling. The broader sense of covering something with a protective layer follows naturally.

Most common words using 葺

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  • 葺きぶき

    roofing; roofed with; thatching; thatched with; shingling; shingled with

  • 茅葺きかやぶき

    thatching a roof (with grass); thatched roof

  • 瓦葺きかわらぶき

    tile-roofing

  • 葺き替えふきかえ

    reroofing; rethatching

  • こけら葺きこけらぶき

    shingling; shingled roof

  • スレート葺スレートぶき

    slate roof

  • 下葺きしたぶき

    built-up roofing

  • 仮葺かりぶき

    temporary roofing

  • 刈り葺くかりふく

    to thatch (a roof)

  • 木賊葺きとくさぶき

    shingling with thin cedar or cypress shingles; roof shingled in such a manner (usu. at temples, shrines, etc.)

  • 板葺きいたぶき

    shingle roofing

  • 栩葺きとちぶき

    shingling using thick roof shingles; roof shingled in such a manner (usu. shrine buildings, noh stages, etc.)

  • 桧皮葺ひわだぶき

    cypress bark roof; hinoki bark thatching

  • 目隠し葺きめかくしぶき

    tiles used to cover nail holes in cypress bark roofing for the purpose of waterproofing

  • 茅葺き屋根かやぶきやね

    thatched roof

  • 草葺きくさぶき

    thatching; thatch; thatched roof

  • 葺き替えるふきかえる

    to reroof; to rethatch; to retile

  • 葺き板ふきいた

    shingles

  • 葺くふく

    to roof (a house with some material); to thatch; to shingle; to tile

  • 葺石ふきいし

    round boulders covering the slopes of a burial mound (Kofun period)

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Etymology

葺 combines 艹 (grass) with 咠, which likely contributes the sound and relates to layering or attaching. The character originally referred to thatching a roof with grass or reeds.

Meaning mnemonic

The grass top 艹 sits over 咠 (mouth 口 above ear 耳), like layers of thatch or shingles being laid down over a roof frame. Picture a roof being covered piece by piece.

Reading mnemonic

For シュウ, imagine a thatched roof being repaired after a storm: you shout "shoo!" at the birds trying to nest in the loose thatch. The "shoo" sound cues シュウ while the roof gets covered.