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薙

mow down (the enemy)
Stroke count: 16

Readings

On readingテイ、チ
Kun readingな.ぐ、なぎ、か.る
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. mow down (the enemy)
  2. trimRtK

Radicals and components

Radical艸grass
Components
How it's built
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Compound words

薙ぐなぐ
to cut down (grass, etc.; by swinging a sickle, scythe, etc.)
薙刀なぎなた
naginata
薙鉈なぎなた
naginata
水薙鳥みずなぎどり
petrel (esp. petrels of family Procellariidae)
草薙剣くさなぎのつるぎ
Kusanagi no Tsurugi (alternate name for Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi; the sword of the Imperial regalia)
薙刀術なぎなたじゅつ
art of using a naginata
草薙の剣くさなぎのつるぎ
Kusanagi no Tsurugi (alternate name for Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi; the sword of the Imperial regalia)
大水薙鳥おおみずなぎどり
streaked shearwater (species of seabird, Calonectris leucomelas)
薙ぎ倒すなぎたおす
to mow down
薙ぎ払うなぎはらう
to mow down

Stroke Order

16 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 薙

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