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杖 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「木」

道
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On
ジョウじょう · jō
Kun
つえtsue
Meaning
staff; cane

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

木 "wood" with 丈 as phonetic: the wooden stick held in the hand to steady oneself.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 杖つえ

    walking stick

  • 松葉杖まつばづえ

    crutches

More words with this kanji

  • 錫杖しゃくじょう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

祖父(そふ)は杖(つえ)をついて歩(ある)く。

My grandfather walks with a stick.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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Compound

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