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鏑

鏑 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. （かぶら）鏑矢の鏃の手前に付ける道具。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「金」+音符「啇」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

arrowhead

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • テキ
Kun (native)
  • かぶら
  • かぶらや
  • やじり
Other languages
  • 拼音di2
  • 拼音di1
  • 한글jeog
  • Hán-ViệtĐích

Basics

Strokes
19 strokes
Radical
金(かね)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+93D1

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰金啇

Words using this kanji

  • 鏑かぶら（かぶら）鏑矢の鏃の手前に付ける道具。turnip-shaped whistle made of hollowed-out wood or deer horn (attached to an arrow to sound when fired), arrow with such a whistle attached
  • 鏑矢かぶらや鏑がついた矢。放つと音を立てて飛ぶ。鳴り矢とも。昔の日本や中国などでは開戦の合図として用いられた。儀礼などにも用いられる。縁起物でもある。 （1 から派生して）開始の合図、先行する人や出来事の比喩。arrow with a whistle attached, whistling arrow used to signal the start of battle

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(5 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-8-11
Four Corner
8012.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
8a11.8
Heisig
2758
Nelson
4906