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芯 kanji
wick
- JLPT level
- Not on the lists
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
シン
Kun readings
NoneWords with 芯
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N2芯Popularwick; marrow; staple (for stapler); (pencil) lead; stuffing; pith; core; heart; centre; center; pistil (of a flower); stamen
- —帯芯thick obi sash; sash padding
- —芯地padding; lining; foundation
- —衿芯collar core (stiff fabric, etc. inside a collar)
- —真芯dead center
- —紙芯cardboard tube
- —替え芯spare pencil lead; pen refill (cartridge); replacement wick (e.g. of a lantern)
- —空芯菜Chinese water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica); ong choy; kang kong; water morning glory; water convolvulus; swamp cabbage; hung tsai; rau muong; pak boong; swamp morning-glory
- —真っ芯dead center (of a baseball bat); sweet spot
- —排水芯toilet drain outlet
- —芯削りlead pointer (for a clutch pencil); lead sharpener
- —芯出しcentering; center alignment
- —鉛筆の芯lead of a pencil
- —蝋燭の芯wick of a candle
- —ランプ芯lamp wick
- —シャー芯mechanical pencil lead
- —芯ケースpencil lead case (for a mechanical pencil)
- —芯が強いmentally strong; strong-willed
- —芯を食うto get to the heart of the matter; to get to the core; to hit (a ball) with the sweet spot (of a golf club, baseball bat, etc.)
- —リンゴの芯apple core; core of an apple