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棒

rod
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingボウ
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 6

Meanings

  1. rodRtK
  2. pole
  3. stick
  4. club
  5. line
  1. baton

Synonyms

スティックロッド棒読み

Popular Usage

泥棒鉄棒

Radicals and components

Radical木tree
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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tree (木) · wood (木) · observance · dedicate · bonsai · cornstalk

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1697

Compound words

泥棒どろぼう
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary
鉄棒てつぼう
iron rod; iron bar; iron club; horizontal bar (gymnastics)
相棒あいぼう
partner; pal; accomplice
棒立ちぼうだち
standing upright; standing bolt upright; rearing
用心棒ようじんぼう
bodyguard; bouncer; (security) guard; bar (on a door); bolt
ぶっきら棒ぶっきらぼう
curt; blunt; brusque
梶棒かじぼう
shafts (of rickshaws or similar vehicles)
金棒かなぼう
metal rod, crowbar
警棒けいぼう
(police officer's) baton
健棒けんぼう
good batting
合棒あいぼう
partner
心棒しんぼう
shaft
辛棒しんぼう
patience
先棒さきぼう
front palanquin bearer
舵棒かじぼう
shafts (of rickshaws or similar vehicles)
箆棒べらぼう
extreme
棒杭ぼうぐい
stake
棒縞ぼうじま
stripes
棒線ぼうせん
dash, line
棒鱈ぼうだら
dried codfish soaked in water for few days, and cooked almost to dryness in soy sauce and water (Kyoto speciality)
棒杙ぼうぐい
stake
麺棒めんぼう
rolling pin
棍棒こんぼう
stick
篦棒べらぼう
extreme

On Reading Examples

体操競技の中では、鉄棒の大車輪が好きです。てつぼう
I like to see a gymnast do the giant swing on the high bar.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は鉄の棒で鍵のかかったドアを抉じ開けた。
He pried open the locked door with a crowbar.tatoeba
彼は泥棒同然だ。
He is no better than a thief.tatoeba
彼は泥棒も同然だ。
He is no better than a thief.tatoeba
彼は泥棒であることを否定した。
He denied that he was the thief.tatoeba

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 棒

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