Kanji meanings › Lion
Kanji for Lion
The kanji for “lion” is 獅, read shi and written in 13 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
獅
lion
The lion; the guardian lion-dogs (狛犬) stand at the gates of shrines.
13 strokes On reading シ (shi) Kun reading しし (shishi)
Dictionary meanings: lion
Readings used for names on Nazuke: shi
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