Godan verb

  1. to spread out, to lay out.
  2. to cover.
  3. to lay (e.g. railway tracks).
  4. to sit on.
  5. to take a position.
  6. to impose widely (e.g. over a city).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
敷く しく
 
布く しく

Contained Kanji Breakdown

spread, pave, sit
しき し.く フ (7th, N1)
to state to, to announce
フ し.く しき
for the first time, not until
ホ フ はじ.めて (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
direction, person, alternative
ホウ かた なた (2nd, N4)
ten thousand, 10,000
バン マン よろず (2nd, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ つつ.む (Kentei 1)
strike, hit, folding chair radical variant (no. 66)
ホク (Kentei 1)
person(人) variant
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ ゲ おさ.める (Kentei 1)