薙

mow down (the enemy)

16 strokes. Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names.

Readings

• なぎ (kun reading): 薙刀 (なぎなた) naginata; 草薙剣 (くさなぎのつるぎ) Kusanagi no Tsurugi (alternate name for Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi; the sword of the Imperial regalia)
• チ (on reading): 薙髪 (ちはつ) shaving one's head (esp. upon entering the Buddhist priesthood)
• なぐ (kun reading): 薙ぐ (なぐ) to cut down (grass, etc.; by swinging a sickle, scythe, etc.)
• テイ (on reading)
• かる (kun reading)

Components

• 艹
• 雉
• 乞 radical beg
• ⺾ radical grass, top form of 艸
• 矢 radical arrow
• 隹 radical short-tailed bird

Words using 薙

• 薙刀 (なぎなた) naginata
• 草薙剣 (くさなぎのつるぎ) Kusanagi no Tsurugi (alternate name for Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi; the sword of the Imperial regalia)
• 薙ぎ払う (なぎはらう) to mow down
• 薙刀術 (なぎなたじゅつ) art of using a naginata
• 横薙ぎ (よこなぎ) sweeping sideways
• 薙髪 (ちはつ) shaving one's head (esp. upon entering the Buddhist priesthood)
• 薙ぐ (なぐ) to cut down (grass, etc.; by swinging a sickle, scythe, etc.)

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