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杵 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「木」

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On
ショ・ソしょ・そ · sho · so
Kun
きねkine
Meaning
pestle

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

木 "wood" with 午 as phonetic: the wooden rod used to pound grain in a mortar.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 杵きね

    pestle

  • 杵柄きねづか

    the handle of a pestle; old skill

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

正月(しょうがつ)に杵(きね)と臼(うす)で餅(もち)をついた。

At New Year we pounded mochi with pestle and mortar.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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Compound

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