Kanji
柿
N1
9 strokes
Grade 8
freq #1745
persimmon
On'yomi (音読み)
シ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
かき
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
渋柿
しぶがき
astringent persimmon
柿蘭
カキラン
Japanese stream orchid (Epipactis thunbergii)
豆柿
まめがき
date-plum (Diospyros lotus); Caucasian persimmon
二葉柿
ふたばがき
dipterocarp (any plant of genus Dipterocarpus)
筆柿
ふでがき
fudegaki (variety of sweet Japanese persimmon)
次郎柿
じろうがき
jiro (variety of sweet Japanese persimmon)
富有柿
ふゆうがき
fuyu (variety of sweet Japanese persimmon)
蜂屋柿
はちやがき
hachiya (variety of astringent Japanese persimmon)
甘柿
あまがき
sweet persimmon
串柿
くしがき
dried persimmons on a skewer
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
柿
かき
kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
柿の葉寿司
かきのはずし
sushi wrapped in persimmon leaf
柿餅
かきもち
persimmon-filled mochi
柿落葉
かきおちば
fallen red persimmon leaves
ピーピー柿
ピーピーかき
mix of peanuts and spicy baked or fried mochi chips in the shape of kaki (Japanese persimmon) seeds
ピー柿
ピーかき
mix of peanuts and spicy baked or fried mochi chips in the shape of kaki (Japanese persimmon) seeds
柿ピー
かきピー
mix of peanuts and spicy baked or fried mochi chips in the shape of kaki (Japanese persimmon) seeds
釣り柿
つりがき
persimmon (hung to dry); dried persimmon
ころ柿
ころがき
dried persimmon
柿の木
かきのき
Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki); Chinese persimmon
Example sentences
春（はる）、カキの新芽（しんめ）がふき出（だ）したころのことを思（おも）うとすばらしい。
It is wonderful to think of Spring, when the new buds of the persimmon burst forth.