釘

nail

Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingテイ、チョウ

Kun readingくぎ

Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

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彼に何をアドバイスしても糠に釘。もう止めた止めた。Forget it. There's no sense giving him advice.tatoeba
釘で彼の上着が裂けた。The nail tore his jacket.tatoeba
tack
peg

spike
rivet
brad

Radicals and components

Radical金gold 釒variant

Components

How it's built

釘

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Compound words

間釘あいくぎ

double-pointed nail

合釘あいくぎ

double-pointed nail

装釘そうてい

binding (of a book)

鋲釘びょうくぎ

裏釘うらくぎ

nail sticking through

金釘流かなくぎりゅう

五寸釘ごすんくぎ

合い釘あいくぎ

double-pointed nail

切り釘きりくぎ

釘抜きくぎぬき

出る釘は打たれるでるくぎはうたれる

the nail that sticks out gets hammered down

Additional Examples

私は釘に引っ掛かって上着を破ってしまった。

I tore my jacket on a nail.tatoeba

タイヤに釘が刺さっていた。

We found a nail stuck in the tire.tatoeba

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 釘

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