杖

staff; cane

7 strokes. Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names. Newspaper frequency rank 2387.

Readings

• つえ (kun reading): 杖 (つえ) cane; 松葉杖 (まつばづえ) crutch
• ジョウ (on reading): 錫杖 (しゃくじょう) khakkhara (staff topped with metal rings traditionally carried by monks); 杖術 (じょうじゅつ) jōjutsu

Components

• 木
• 丈
• ノ radical slash, katakana no
• 一 radical one
• 木 radical tree

Words using 杖

• 杖 (つえ) cane
• 松葉杖 (まつばづえ) crutch
• 転ばぬ先の杖 (ころばぬさきのつえ) prevention is better than cure
• そば杖 (そばづえ) blow received by a bystander
• 頬杖 (ほおづえ) resting one's chin in one's hands
• 錫杖 (しゃくじょう) khakkhara (staff topped with metal rings traditionally carried by monks)
• 杖術 (じょうじゅつ) jōjutsu
• 杖道 (じょうどう) jōdō
• 手杖 (しゅじょう) staff (esp. one used by a monk, e.g. as a walking stick during a pilgrimage)
• 杖 (じょう) public caning (60-100 strokes; second least severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
• 虎杖 (いたどり) Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica)
• 毬杖 (ぎっちょう) ball-and-mallet game played during New Year's celebrations

37 words in all.

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