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杖

staff
Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingジョウ
Kun readingつえ
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. staff
    転ばぬ先の杖。Forewarned is forearmed.tatoeba
    杖は彼に何の役にも立たなかった。The stick didn't help him any.tatoeba
  2. caneRtK
    人間は赤ん坊のときは四つんばいで、それから２本の足で歩くようになり、最後は年をとって杖が必要になる。It crawls on all fours as a baby, then learns to walk on two legs, and finally needs a cane in old age.tatoeba
  1. walking stick
  2. wand

Synonyms

ステッキ

Radicals and components

Radical木tree
Components
How it's built
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Compound words

儀杖ぎじょう
ceremonial weapon
錫杖しゃくじょう
khakkhara (staff topped with metal rings traditionally carried by monks)
側杖そばづえ
blow received by a bystander
傍杖そばづえ
blow received by a bystander
頰杖ほおづえ
resting one's chin in one's hands
儀杖兵ぎじょうへい
guard of honour
仕込杖しこみづえ
swordstick
錫杖草しゃくじょうそう
yellow bird's-nest (Monotropa hypopitys)
松葉杖まつばづえ
crutch
竹の杖たけのつえ
bamboo rod (stick, pole)
撞木杖しゅもくづえ
crutches
仕込み杖しこみづえ
swordstick
雛の錫杖ひなのしゃくじょう
Burmannia championii (species of flowering plant)
宝玉と勺杖ほうぎょくとしゃくじょう
Orb and Sceptre (march by Sir William Walton)

Additional Examples

彼は足の骨を折った時、３ヶ月間松葉杖を使わなければならなかった。
When he broke his leg, he had to use crutches for 3 months.tatoeba

Stroke Order

7 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 杖

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step