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斧

ax
Stroke count: 8

Readings

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Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. ax
    彼はその大木を斧で切り倒した。He cut down the big tree with an ax.tatoeba
    握斧、握槌ともよばれる。It is also called akufu and nigiritsuchi.wiki
  2. hatchetRtK
  1. axe

Radicals and components

Radical斤axe
Components
How it's built
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Compound words

握斧あくふ
(Paleolithic) hand axe
手斧ておの
hatchet
石斧せきふ
stone axe (ax)
斧斤ふきん
axe
斧正ふせい
correction
斧旁おのづくり
kanji "axe" radical at right
斧鉞ふえつ
axe
斧鑿ふさく
lucubration
斧足類ふそくるい
pelecypods (i.e. bivalves)
蟷螂の斧とうろうのおの
courageous but doomed resistance

Additional Examples

握斧、握槌ともよばれる。
It is also called akufu and nigiritsuchi.wiki
男は斧九太夫の息子・定九郎。
This man is Sadakuro ONO, a son of Kudayu ONO.wiki

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 斧

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