単語屋Tangoya, “the word shop”
Kanji compounds#4,399 most used

獅子

しし1

Pitch accent · 頭高 (atamadaka)

lion

ITS KANJI

獅lionread し here1 word ›子childread し here65 words ›

IN A SENTENCE

A lion is just a big housecat, after all.

from Tatoeba · Arkylie

IN OTHER SENTENCES

A living dog is better than a dead lion.

from Tatoeba · Scott

MEANINGS

1

lion

noun

TANGOYA ASKS

2

left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine

noun

SOUNDS THE SAME

四肢the (four) limbs; arms and legsしし · not in tangoya
志士imperial loyalist samurai of the bakumatsu-eraしし · not in tangoya
指示indication; denotationしし · not in tangoya

DETAILS

Kind熟語, kanji compounds

Frequency#4,399 most used

Written獅子 only

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall, Write

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium