棒 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「木」
道5Elementary year 6 ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「木」
- On
- ボウ
- Kun
- —
- Meaning
- stick; rod; pole
Origin
木 "wood" plus 奉 "to hold up in both hands"; a long piece of wood held in the hands — hence "rod."
Stroke order
Readings and examples
| ボウ | 棒グラフ・棒読み・鉄棒 |
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Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 鉄棒てつぼう
horizontal bar; iron rod
- 棒読みぼうよみ
monotonous reading
Example
鉄棒でぶら下がって遊んだ。
I played hanging from the horizontal bar.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)