串

Skewer - pointed bar used for food preparation and serving. Article “串” in Japanese Wikipedia has 14.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 3 references and 13 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 0.76 points.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Japanese) language version.

Since the creation of article “串”, its content was written by 39 registered users of Japanese Wikipedia and edited by 459 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 105 times in Japanese Wikipedia and cited 1623 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Japanese): #3043 in November 2004
• Global: #10792 in June 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Japanese): #39935 in May 2009
• Global: #53487 in June 2008

There are 27 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Skewer		44.2681
2	Greek (el) Καλαμάκι (ξύλινο)		29.6909
3	Indonesian (id) Tusuk sate		28.0696
4	Hebrew (he) שיפוד		27.4986
5	Arabic (ar) سفود		25.1065
6	Norwegian (no) Grillspidd		23.9287
7	German (de) Fleischspieß		21.8827
8	Korean (ko) 꼬챙이		20.64
9	Vietnamese (vi) Xiên que		19.185
10	Ukrainian (uk) Шампур		16.6191

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "串" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Skewer		1 968 027
2	Japanese (ja) 串		173 722
3	Russian (ru) Шампур		145 205
4	French (fr) Brochette		127 386
5	Spanish (es) Pincho (utensilio)		74 796
6	German (de) Fleischspieß		59 925
7	Portuguese (pt) Espeto		39 315
8	Hebrew (he) שיפוד		19 180
9	Swedish (sv) Grillspett		18 698
10	Persian (fa) سیخ		16 790

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "串" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Skewer		5 431
2	Russian (ru) Шампур		535
3	French (fr) Brochette		336
4	Spanish (es) Pincho (utensilio)		265
5	Japanese (ja) 串		262
6	German (de) Fleischspieß		214
7	Indonesian (id) Tusuk sate		164
8	Turkish (tr) Şiş		88
9	Portuguese (pt) Espeto		84
10	Chinese (zh) 串刺		76

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "串" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Skewer		152
2	Russian (ru) Шампур		46
3	Japanese (ja) 串		39
4	French (fr) Brochette		34
5	German (de) Fleischspieß		30
6	Portuguese (pt) Espeto		18
7	Hebrew (he) שיפוד		16
8	Arabic (ar) سفود		13
9	Serbian (sr) Ражањ за печење		13
10	Spanish (es) Pincho (utensilio)		12

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "串" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) سفود		0
2	Czech (cs) Špejle		0
3	German (de) Fleischspieß		0
4	Greek (el) Καλαμάκι (ξύλινο)		0
5	English (en) Skewer		0
6	Esperanto (eo) Rostostango		0
7	Spanish (es) Pincho (utensilio)		0
8	Basque (eu) Txitxi-burruntzi		0
9	Persian (fa) سیخ		0
10	French (fr) Brochette		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "串" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Skewer		561
2	Russian (ru) Шампур		139
3	Persian (fa) سیخ		137
4	Ukrainian (uk) Шампур		109
5	Japanese (ja) 串		105
6	Arabic (ar) سفود		97
7	French (fr) Brochette		63
8	Portuguese (pt) Espeto		61
9	Spanish (es) Pincho (utensilio)		53
10	Hebrew (he) שיפוד		39

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic سفود
cs	Czech Špejle
de	German Fleischspieß
el	Greek Καλαμάκι (ξύλινο)
en	English Skewer
eo	Esperanto Rostostango
es	Spanish Pincho (utensilio)
eu	Basque Txitxi-burruntzi
fa	Persian سیخ
fr	French Brochette
he	Hebrew שיפוד
hr	Croatian Ražanj
hy	Armenian Շամփուր
id	Indonesian Tusuk sate
ja	Japanese 串
ko	Korean 꼬챙이
lt	Lithuanian Iešmas
no	Norwegian Grillspidd
pt	Portuguese Espeto
ru	Russian Шампур
sh	Serbo-Croatian Ražanj za pečenje
sr	Serbian Ражањ за печење
sv	Swedish Grillspett
tr	Turkish Şiş
uk	Ukrainian Шампур
vi	Vietnamese Xiên que
zh	Chinese 串刺

Best Rank

Japanese: #39935 05.2009

Global: #53487 06.2008

Best Rank

Japanese: #3043 11.2004

Global: #10792 06.2003

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