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鋸

saw (cuts wood)
Stroke count: 16

Readings

On readingキョ、コ
Kun readingのこ、のこぎり
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. saw (cuts wood)
    彼は暖炉用に丸太を鋸で切った。He sawed logs for the fireplace.tatoeba
    欠刻状重鋸葉が特徴。The leaf features indented biserrate margins.wiki
  2. hand sawRtK
  1. saw

Radicals and components

Radical金gold釒variant
Components
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Compound words

丸鋸まるのこ
circular saw
鋸屑のこくず
sawdust
鋸鮫のこぎりざめ
saw shark (esp. the Japanese saw shark, Pristiophorus japonicus)
鋸歯きょし
teeth of a saw
鋸草のこぎりそう
Siberian yarrow (Achillea sibirica)
金鋸かねのこぎり
hacksaw
糸鋸いとのこ
fretsaw
帯鋸おびのこ
band saw
鋸鍬形のこぎりくわがた
sawtooth stag beetle (Prosopocoilus inclinatus)
大鋸屑おがくず
sawdust
両刃鋸りょうばのこぎり
double-edged saw
鋸鍬形虫のこぎりくわがた
sawtooth stag beetle (Prosopocoilus inclinatus)

Additional Examples

欠刻状重鋸葉が特徴。
The leaf features indented biserrate margins.wiki
葉はへら形で葉縁に鋸歯を持つ。
Leaves are in the shape of a spatula, and have saw-tooth edges.wiki

Stroke Order

16 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 鋸

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