しき
敷
い
居

noun

Architecture term.
  1. threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors), sill.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
しき
敷
い
居
 敷居 しきい ✔
しきい
閾
 閾 しきい
しきみ
閾
 閾 しきみ
しき
閾
 閾 しき

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)
reside, to be, exist
い.る　キョ　お.る (5th, N3)
corpse, remains, flag radical (no. 44)
シ　かたしろ (Kentei 1)
old
コ　ふる.い　ふゆ (2nd, N4)
ten
ジュウ　ジッ　ジュッ (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)