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釵

釵 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. かんざし。
  2. はさみ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「金」＋音符「叉」

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

ornamental hairpin

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • サイ
  • サ
Kun (native)
  • かざし
  • かんざし
Other languages
  • 拼音chai1
  • 한글chae
  • 한글cha
  • Hán-ViệtSai
  • Hán-ViệtThoa

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
金(かね)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+91F5

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰金叉

Words using this kanji

  • 釵さい（サイ）琉球古武術で使われる十手に似た武器の一つ。sai (Okinawan weapon)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(1 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-8-3
Four Corner
8714.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
8a3.3