Kusi

Kusi (kushi) by chris_73

Kusi by hotpepper

串カツ田中

Kusi or Kushi (Кушай) is generic name for the following 2 Unicode characters:

串 X4E32 , KanjiLiberal

串 XF905 , KanjiConfudal

These characters have similar graphical representation, similar pronunciation くし and similar meaning, stick(s) for/with food.

Also, Kusi may refer to any to these two characters.

Also, term Kusi may refer to the sound (for example, くし) used to denote these characters at the acoustic transfer of information.

In addition, term Kusi may refer to objects, denoted with these Kanjis. This meaning is shown in pictures.

Encoding

Although characters 串 and 串 look similar at the screen, they may be interpreted differently by computers. In order to detect, that some of them is not supported by some software (to replace it to another Kusi), is is important to know the encoding; so, some programming is necessary to avoid errors.

The Utf8 encoding of Kusi characters can be calculated with PHP program ud.t; file uni.t also should be loaded. Then, command

php ud.t 4E32 F905

returns the following output:

K= 3 

4E32 20018 [[串]] 串
Unicode character number 20018 id est, [[X4E32]]
Picture: [[串]] ; uses 3 bytes. These bytes are:
XE4 XB8 XB2 in the hexadecimal representation and
228 184 178 in the decimal representation

F905 63749 [[串]] 串
Unicode character number 63749 id est, [[XF905]]
Picture: [[串]] ; uses 3 bytes. These bytes are:
XEF XA4 X85 in the hexadecimal representation and
239 164 133 in the decimal representation

With the known encoding, it is possible to avoid confusions of the Kusi characters.

Phonetic

Kusi characters can be pronounced as くし (kushi, куши)

Nihongomaster suggests the following reafings:

カン
ケン
セン
くし
つらぬく

Graphic

Kusi characters looks as two rectangles one above another and long vertical stick on them.

Semantic

Kusi can be interpreted as a stick made of wood, bamboo or metal, designed for cooking and serving of food. Coolest equivalents in English and Russian are Skewer(s), шампур(ы).

Examples

Jisho suggests:

くし 串

1. spit; skewer​ Noun

2. proxy (computer server)​Slang, See also プロキシサーバー

Wikipedia definition
3. Skewer​A skewer is a thin metal or wood stick used to hold piece...

Nihongomaster suggests:

串 7 Strokes Radicals: ｜ Definition of 串 shish kebab spit skewer

Readings On'Yomi (音読み) カン ケン セン

Kun'yomi (訓読み) くし つらぬく

Popular Words With This Kanji

冗談, 戯談, 串戯, 串戲, じょうだん, ぎだん, げだん jest, joke, funny story

串, くし spit, skewer

玉串, 玉籤, 玉ぐし, たまぐし, たまくし branch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as a Shinto offering), sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica)

串焼き, くしやき grilling on a skewer, spit-roasting

串カツ, くしカツ fried pork and negi on skewers

金串, かなぐし metal spit or skewer

焼き串, やきぐし a skewer or spit

太玉串, ふとたまぐし branch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as a Shinto offering)

串刺し, くしざし skewer

References

Keywords

Food, Japanese, Kanji, KanjiConfudal, KanjiLiberal, Kusi, PHP, ud.t, uni.t, Unicode, Utf8, X4E32 串, XF905 串