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杵

wooden pestle
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingショ、ソ
Kun readingきね
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. wooden pestleRtK

Radicals and components

Radical木tree
Components
How it's built
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Compound words

杵柄きねづか
mallet handle
金剛杵こんごうしょ
vajra (mystical weapon in Hinduism and Buddhism)
瓊瓊杵尊ににぎのみこと
Ninigi no Mikoto (Japanese deity; grandson of Amaterasu, great grandfather of Emperor Jimmu)
瓊瓊杵命ににぎのみこと
Ninigi no Mikoto (Japanese deity; grandson of Amaterasu, great grandfather of Emperor Jimmu)
昔とった杵柄むかしとったきねづか
skill learned in one's former days
昔取った杵柄むかしとったきねづか
skill learned in one's former days

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 杵

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