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敷 means 'spread out'

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Strokes : 15    Frequency: 607   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-3    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 29 words   Used in 107 words   Used in 986 names   Component in 2 kanji (0 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   フ
Kun
   しく to spread out, to lay
Additional readings
Kun    -しき
Name    しき   にゅう
Components
⿰  旉 the first time the way  攵 strike  
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甫 first time; the first time  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 敷 is used 7 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 敷 is used 101 times, read 2 ways (with 3 variations).
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フ : 4 words FIND ALL
ふ せ つ 0
noun
laying (a railroad, pipes, naval mines, etc.); construction
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しく : 21 words FIND ALL
し く 0
Most common form: しく
1. to spread out; to lay out
2. to take a position
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しく (read as じ) : 4 words FIND ALL
し た じ き 0
Most common form: 下敷
noun
1. desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; underlay
2. being pinned under; being caught under; being trapped under; being buried under; being crushed beneath
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じき: 9 words. FIND ALL
さ じ き 0 さ じ き 3
noun
reviewing stand; box; gallery
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しき: 63 words. FIND ALL
し き ち 0
noun
site; plot; lot; grounds
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An additional しき less common words include 敷 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1756  Joy o' Kanji : 1756  Key to Kanji: - 

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敷
フ   しく to spread out, to lay   
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旉
the first time the way
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甫
ホ    the first time   
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用
ヨウ   もちいる to use   
十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丨
stick   
丶
dot   
方
ホウ   かた way, direction   
攵
ぼく strike   
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