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串 means 'skewer'

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Strokes : 7    Frequency: 2585   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-48    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 8 words   Used in 20 words   Used in 247 names   Component in 5 kanji (1 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
Kun
   くし a skewer
Additional readings
On    カン   ケン   セン
Kun    つらぬく
Variants
𰀁 (not in most fonts)  
Notes
A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 串 - click the badge to download
Yakitori (grilled chicken skewers) is famous, but the Japanese also pierce other foods with rods, including a sweet and one fruit. Discover ways of using 串 figuratively. Learn about skewers shaped like rifles, hairpins, and pine needles. And learn to say, “He ate three yakitori skewers,” “To make shish kebab, they roast lamb skewers,” and “I now have an idea of what’s going on.”
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Components
⿻  丨 stick  ⿱  口 mouth  口 mouth  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 串 is used 2 times, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 串 is used 16 times, read 1 way (with 1 variation).
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くし : 7 words FIND ALL
く し や き 0
grilling on a skewer; spit-roasting
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くし (read as ぐし) : 9 words FIND ALL
noun
1. suspicions; guess
2. aim; mark; objective
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An additional 6 less common words include 串 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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串
くし a skewer   
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丨
stick   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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