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Keyword
thin
  • dainty
  • get thin
  • taper
  • slender
  • narrow
  • detailed
  • precise
Frequency
#537
Strokes
11
Grade
2
JLPT (old)
N2
Heisig
1463
Readings
サイ61%
こま22%
ほそ17%
Mnemonic
A single thread stretched across a rice field glints at dawn, so thin that only the morning dew reveals it.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
詳しょう細さい
details; particulars; specifics; detailed; specific; minute; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
Noun
細さい胞ぼう
cell; cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)
Noun
細こまかい
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive; attentive; careful; frugal; stingy
I-adjective
細ほそい
thin; slender; fine
I-adjective
細さい菌きん
bacterium; bacteria; germ
Noun
細こまかく
minutely; finely
Adverb
繊せん細さい
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; slim; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
Na-adjective
些さ細さい
trivial; trifling; slight; insignificant
Na-adjective
細さい部ぶ
details; particulars
Noun
細こまか
small; fine; detailed; stingy
Na-adjective
細さい胞ぼう内ない
inside the cell; intracellular
Noun
細こまかいこと
trifles; minor details
Expression
細さい工く
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; handiwork; artifice; trick; device; tampering; doctoring
Noun
細ささやか
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest; meagre; meager
Na-adjective
零れい細さい
insignificant; trifling; paltry; cottage (industry); tiny (company)
Na-adjective
明めい細さい
details; particulars; specifics; detailed; minute; detailed statement
Noun
細さい分ぶん
subdivision (into small parts)
Noun
細ほそ身み
narrow (blade); slender (figure, build); thin
No-adjective
不ぶ細さい工く
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; botched; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain; homely
Na-adjective
細さい
detail; details
Noun
細ささ
small; little
Prefix
細ささら
small; little; fine
Prefix
細ほそ
fine thread; hempen cord; slender; narrow; weak; narrowness
Noun
細こまい
small; fine; minute; stingy; cheap
I-adjective