What is the Kanji for 'Slender'? | 細

kanji

Meaning

Slender

Reading

Parts

田Rice field 糸Thread

Example Word

細長い: slender. The Japanese adjective '細長い (ほそながい)' means 'slender' or 'long and thin'. It is used to describe objects, shapes, or even body parts that are elongated and narrow. For example: a slender river「細長い川」(ほそながいかわ). She has slender fingers「彼女は細長い指をしている」(かのじょはほそながいゆびをしている). This adjective is often used to describe natural features like rivers, valleys, or branches, as well as man-made objects like pencils or roads. It carries a neutral connotation and is commonly used in everyday conversation.

Radical

糸

Stroke Count

JLPT

Grade

Frequency

323

Handwriting

kanji

田

Meaning

Rice field

kanji

糸

Meaning

Thread

word

細胞

Meaning

Cell

word

細か

Meaning

Detailed, Fine

word

細い

Meaning

Thin

word

細かい

Meaning

Detailed, Fine

word

詳細

Meaning

Detailed

word

心細い

Meaning

Lonely

word

細菌

Meaning

Bacteria

word

細工

Meaning

Craft, Trick

word

細長い

Meaning

Slender

kanji

男

Meaning

Man

kanji

町

Meaning

Town

kanji

里

Meaning

Hometown

kanji

思

Meaning

Think

kanji

魚

Meaning

Fish

kanji

番

Meaning

Turn

kanji

界

Meaning

World

kanji

果

Meaning

Fruit

kanji

畑

Meaning

Field

kanji

雷

Meaning

Thunder, Lightning

kanji

異

Meaning

Rare, Different

kanji

略

Meaning

Abbreviation, Strategy

kanji

胃

Meaning

Stomach

kanji

捜

Meaning

Search

kanji

奮

Meaning

Invigorated

kanji

累

Meaning

Accumulate

kanji

鼻

Meaning

Nose

kanji

畜

Meaning

Livestock

kanji

畳

Meaning

Tatami, Fold up

kanji

塁

Meaning

Base, Small fort

kanji

苗

Meaning

Seedling

kanji

畔

Meaning

Edge of, Shore

kanji

甲

Meaning

Armor, Shell

kanji

畏

Meaning

Apprehensive

kanji

曽

Meaning

Formerly

kanji

畿

Meaning

Capital, Suburbs of capital

kanji

線

Meaning

Line

kanji

紙

Meaning

Paper

kanji

絵

Meaning

Picture

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組

Meaning

Association, Group

kanji

終

Meaning

End

kanji

練

Meaning

Practice

kanji

約

Meaning

Promise, Approximately

kanji

結

Meaning

Tie, Bind

kanji

絡

Meaning

Entwine, Interlink

kanji

続

Meaning

Continue

kanji

経

Meaning

Manage, Elapse

kanji

給

Meaning

Supply, Salary

kanji

紀

Meaning

Chronicle, Era

kanji

素

Meaning

Element

kanji

級

Meaning

Grade, Rank

kanji

系

Meaning

Lineage

kanji

織

Meaning

Weave

kanji

績

Meaning

Achievement

kanji

総

Meaning

General, Total

kanji

継

Meaning

Succeed, Inherit

kanji

緑

Meaning

Green

kanji

繰

Meaning

Reel, Spin

kanji

縮

Meaning

Shrink

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紹

Meaning

Introduce

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納

Meaning

Settlement

kanji

編

Meaning

Edit, Knit

kanji

絶

Meaning

Break off, Extinction

kanji

絹

Meaning

Silk

kanji

綿

Meaning

Cotton

kanji

縁

Meaning

Relation, Edge

kanji

統

Meaning

Unite

kanji

緒

Meaning

Beginning, Together

kanji

締

Meaning

Tighten, Bind

kanji

純

Meaning

Pure

kanji

緊

Meaning

Tense, Tighten

kanji

繁

Meaning

Thrive, Overgrown

kanji

紛

Meaning

In a tangle, Distract

kanji

索

Meaning

Search, Rope

kanji

縦

Meaning

Vertical

kanji

緩

Meaning

Easy, Loose

kanji

繊

Meaning

Fine, Fiber

kanji

維

Meaning

Fiber, Maintain

kanji

紳

Meaning

Belt, Gentleman

kanji

累

Meaning

Accumulate

kanji

紅

Meaning

Crimson

kanji

紡

Meaning

Spin, Spinning

kanji

緯

Meaning

Horizontal, Latitude

kanji

繕

Meaning

Mend, Darning

kanji

綱

Meaning

Rope, Hawser

kanji

網

Meaning

Net, Netting

kanji

縄

Meaning

Rope, Cord

kanji

縛

Meaning

Bind, Restrain

kanji

縫

Meaning

Sew

kanji

糾

Meaning

Twist, Inquire into

kanji

絞

Meaning

Wring, Strangle

kanji

紋

Meaning

Crest, Family crest

kanji

紺

Meaning

Dark blue, Navy

kanji

紫

Meaning

Purple, Violet

kanji

繭

Meaning

Cocoon