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挽

saw
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Readings

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Kun readingひ.く
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. saw
    挽歌　棺を曳く時の歌。Banka: Poems for when a coffin is carried.wiki
    柿本人麻呂による挽歌が万葉集に残っている。The Manyoshu (the oldest anthology of tanka) includes the elegies, KAKINOMOTO no Hitomaro composed for her.wiki
  2. turn (lathe)
  3. grind
    マメちゃんがコーヒー豆を挽く為にコーヒーミルを使います。Mame uses a coffee mill to grind coffee beans.tatoeba
    飲む分だけ豆をローストして、ミルで挽くんです。We roast just enough beans for the amount we're going to drink, and grind them in the coffee mill.tatoeba
  4. latheRtK
  1. minced meat
  2. ground meat

Radicals and components

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Compound words

挽肉ひきにく
minced meat; ground meat
挽くひく
to saw
挽歌ばんか
elegy
挽回ばんかい
recovery
挽茶ひきちゃ
powdered green tea (steamed and dried before being stone-ground)
挽き茶ひきちゃ
powdered green tea (steamed and dried before being stone-ground)
挽き肉ひきにく
minced meat
木挽きこびき
sawyer
合い挽きあいびき
(mixture of) ground beef and pork
二頭挽きにとうびき
having two horses draw (e.g. a carriage)

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