Historical Evolution
櫛
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
櫛
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
櫛
Clerical
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
櫛
Regular
Modern
Chinese
栉 / 櫛 [zhì]
comb; to comb; to weed out; to eliminate; Taiwan pr. [jié]
Japanese
comb
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
櫛 くし
Kushi surname
櫛 くしさき
Kushisaki surname
櫛 くしはま
Kushihama surname
CHINESE WORDS (6)
鳞次栉比 [líncìzhìbǐ] #38,149
row upon row
栉风沐雨 [zhìfēngmùyǔ] #59,832
lit. to comb one's hair in the wind and wash it in the rain (idiom)
栉比 [zhìbǐ] #60,384
lined up close (like teeth of a comb)
沐雨栉风 [mùyǔzhìfēng] #71,523
to work unceasingly regardless of the weather (idiom)
栉孔扇贝 [zhìkǒngshànbèi]
Farrer's scallop (Chlamys farreri), aka Chinese scallop
栉水母 [jiéshuǐmǔ]
comb jellies (Ctenophora)
JAPANESE WORDS (22)
手ぐし [てぐし] #37,368
using one's fingers as a comb
櫛比 [しっぴ] #117,125
standing (close together) in a row
櫛目 [くしめ] #128,785
(sign of) combing
くし切り [くしぎり] #131,423
cutting into wedges
くし形 [くしがた] #137,984
comb-shaped
櫛箱 [くしばこ] #164,561
comb box
櫛歯 [くしば] #206,070
comb teeth
櫛風沐雨 [しっぷうもくう] #221,077
struggling through wind and rain
有櫛動物 [ゆうしつどうぶつ] #296,186
ctenophore (aquatic invertebrate of the phylum Ctenophora)
有櫛動物門 [ゆうしつどうぶつもん] #305,827
Ctenophora (phylum comprising the comb jellies)
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