杭 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「木」
道準1University / general ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「木」
- On
- コウ
- Kun
- くい
- Meaning
- stake; pile
Origin
木 "wood" with 亢 as phonetic: the wooden post driven into the ground — a stake.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 杭くい
stake; pile
- 杭打ちくいうち
pile driving
Example
出る杭は打たれるという。
They say the stake that sticks out gets hammered down.
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