棒 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

rod, stick, cane, pole, club, line

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ボウElem.
Other languages
  • 拼音bang4
  • 한글bong
  • 한글bang
  • Hán-ViệtBổng

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
木(き)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+68D2

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰木奉

Words using this kanji

  • ぼう(ボウ)細長い物体。 (ボウ)引かれた。 (ボウ)漢字の部首「⼁」の呼称の一つ。pole, rod, stick, baton
  • 棒立ちぼうだち緊張や驚き、途方にくれたりするなどして棒のように突っ立ったままでいること。 馬が前足を上げ、後ろ足で立つような格好なること。standing upright, standing bolt upright, rearing
  • 棒高跳びぼうたかとび棒の反発力によりバーを跳び越える高さを競う陸上競技。pole vault
  • 棒状ぼうじょう棒のような形状。cylinder or rod-shaped
  • 棒引きぼうびき線を引くこと。特に帳簿などに記載されていることを線を引いて消すこと。 (金銭などの)貸借関係を終了すること。 延ばす音を長音符号で表すこと。drawing a line (esp. through an entry in a ledger, record book, etc.), striking out, crossing out, cancellation (of a debt)
  • 棒読みぼうよみ漢文をそのまま上から下へ字音で読むこと。 抑揚や区切りなどを付けずに文章を読むこと。reading in a monotone, stiff delivery, wooden delivery, reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
  • 棒線ぼうせん真っ直ぐな棒のように引いた線。直線。straight line
  • 棒術ぼうじゅつ棒によって相手を倒す武術。bōjutsu (art of using a stick as a weapon)
  • 棒鱈ぼうだらdried codfish soaked in water for few days, and cooked almost to dryness in soy sauce and water (Kyoto speciality)
  • 棒鋼ぼうこう太さが10センチメートル前後の棒状の鋼材。steel rod
  • 棒杙ぼうぐいstake, pile
  • 棒縞ぼうじまstripes
  • 棒針ぼうばり編み物で使う先が尖った比較的長い編み棒。knitting needle
  • 棒先ぼうさきend (of a stick, rod, pole, etc.), end of a palanquin carrying pole, palanquin bearer
  • 棒紅ぼうべにlipstick
  • 棒球ぼうだまpowerless straight ball
  • 棒茶ぼうちゃtwig tea, stem tea, kukicha
  • 棒飴ぼうあめcandy stick, stick candy, candy on a stick (e.g. lollipop), cylindrical candy
  • 棒馬ぼううまhobby horse
  • 棒暗記ぼうあんきその意味を考えずに文章などをそのまま暗記すること。indiscriminate learning by heart

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-4-8
Four Corner
4595.3
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4a8.20
Heisig
1697
Nelson
2302