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串 means 'skewer'
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On カン ケン セン
Kun つらぬく
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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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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
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noun, 'no' adjective
grilling on a skewer; spit-roasting(click the word to view an additional 1 form, examples and links)
くし
(read as ぐし)
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An additional 6 less common words include 串 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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