杵

wooden pestle

8 strokes. Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names. Newspaper frequency rank 2355.

Readings

• きね (kun reading): 杵 (きね) mallet; 杵柄 (きねづか) mallet handle
• ショ (on reading): 杵 (しょ) vajra (mystical weapon in Hinduism and Buddhism); 金剛杵 (こんごうしょ) vajra (mystical weapon in Hinduism and Buddhism)
• ソ (on reading)

Components

• 木
• 午
• ノ radical slash, katakana no
• 乞 radical beg
• 十 radical ten
• 干 radical dry; shield
• 木 radical tree

Words using 杵

• 杵 (きね) mallet
• 杵柄 (きねづか) mallet handle
• 昔取った杵柄 (むかしとったきねづか) skill learned in one's former days
• 杵 (しょ) vajra (mystical weapon in Hinduism and Buddhism)
• 金剛杵 (こんごうしょ) vajra (mystical weapon in Hinduism and Buddhism)
• 瓊瓊杵尊 (ににぎのみこと) Ninigi no Mikoto (Japanese deity; grandson of Amaterasu, great grandfather of Emperor Jimmu)

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