Today’s Kanji is “詩” (shi); Kanji for “poem”.
Handwritten Kanji “詩” (shi)
Readings, Radical and Meaning of “詩”
| 漢字 Kanji | 読み Readings | ローマ字 Romaji | 画数 Stroke Count | 部首 Radical | 意味 Meaning |
| 詩 | シ | shi | 13 | 言 | poem |
Readings contain “音読み(on-yomi)” and “訓読み(kun-yomi)“. On-yomi is written in “カタカナ(katakana)” and Kun-yomi is written in “ひらがな(hiragana)“. (⇒ What is On-yomi and Kun-yomi?)
Jukugo (Kanji Compound Words) / Usage of “詩”
| Jukugo / Usage | Yomi | Romaji | Meaning |
| 詩を書く | しをかく | Shi wo kaku | compose a poem |
| 詩人 | しじん | Shijin | poet |
| 作詞家 | さくしか | Sakushika | songwriter |
