杵 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「木」
道準1University / general ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「木」
- On
- ショ・ソ
- Kun
- きね
- Meaning
- pestle
Origin
木 "wood" with 午 as phonetic: the wooden rod used to pound grain in a mortar.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 杵きね
pestle
- 杵柄きねづか
the handle of a pestle; old skill
Example
正月に杵と臼で餅をついた。
At New Year we pounded mochi with pestle and mortar.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)