Kanji1 / 11
細 kanji
dainty, get thin, taper, slender, narrow, detailed, precise
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
サイ
Kun readings
ほそいほそるこまかこまかい
Words with 細
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —細小minute; minuscule
- —細線thin line
- —細粒fine grain; fine granule; microsphere
- —細鱗small (fish) scale; small fish
- —細管small tube; pipette; tubule
- —細氷ice crystals; diamond dust
- —細辛Siebold's wild ginger (esp. its dried root or rhizome, used as an antitussive and analgesic in traditional Chinese medicine)
- —細金metallic foil cut into strips or other shapes to form decorative motifs; cutting a thin sheet of metal into shapes and affixing it with lacquer forming natural features (e.g. clouds)
- —細隙slit; interstice; narrow aperture
- —細塵fine dust
- —細断shredding; chopping up; pulping
- —細根rootlet
- —細注detailed annotation; full annotation; annotation in small type
- —細作spy; secret agent; ninja
- —細書writing with small letters; text written with small, compact letters; detailed writing
- —細読careful reading; close reading
- —細胞核nucleus; cell nucleus
- —細胞学cytology
- —細胞質cytoplasm
- —細胞膜cell membrane