杭

stake

Stroke count: 8

Readings

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Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

stake
基礎に杭を打ち込むのを忘れて、空中に楼閣を建てるとは、あなたも愚かな人だ。It is foolish of you to build a castle in the air while forgetting to drive in pilings for its foundation.tatoeba
マンション用地は杭で囲まれている。The site of the condominium is enclosed with stakes.tatoeba
post
picketRtK

pile
stump

Homonyms

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Same reading (くい)

Radicals and components

Radical木tree

Components

How it's built

杭

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Compound words

橋杭はしぐい

棒杭ぼうぐい

乱杭らんぐい

stakes planted on the ground or underwater at irregular angles and intervals (to obstruct the enemy)

櫓杭ろぐい

fulcrum peg (fitted into the cavity in an oar as part of a traditional oarlock)

舫杭もやいぐい

艪杭ろぐい

fulcrum peg (fitted into the cavity in an oar as part of a traditional oarlock)

支持杭しじぐい

切り杭きりくい

乱杭歯らんぐいば

舫い杭もやいぐい

焼け棒杭やけぼっくい

焼け木杭やけぼっくい

杭周面摩擦力くいしゅうめんまさつりょく

pile shaft friction

出る杭は打たれるでるくいはうたれる

the nail that sticks out gets hammered down

Additional Examples

出る杭が打たれる会社じゃ、大きな成長は望めないね。

A company that stifles innovation can't hope to grow very much.tatoeba

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 杭

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