笏 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「竹」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「竹」
- On
- コツ
- Kun
- しゃく
- Meaning
- ritual baton
Origin
Bamboo 竹 with 勿 as phonetic: the slender tablet held in the hand in court dress.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 笏しゃく
ritual baton
- 笏拍子しゃくびょうし
clappers used in court music
Example
装束を整えて笏を手にした。
They straightened their robes and took up the baton.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)