襷

cord to hold up sleeves; (kokuji)

22 strokes.

Readings

• たすき (kun reading): 襷 (たすき) cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; 帯に短し襷に長し (おびにみじかしたすきにながし) neither one thing nor the other

Components

• 衤
• 擧
• 丷 radical horns, inverted eight
• ⺌ radical small, top form of 小
• 手 radical hand
• 初 radical clothes, left-side form of 衣

Words using 襷

• 襷 (たすき) cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono
• 帯に短し襷に長し (おびにみじかしたすきにながし) neither one thing nor the other
• 襷反り (たすきぞり) reverse backwards body drop
• 外襷反り (そとたすきぞり) outer reverse backwards body drop
• 襷星 (たすきぼし) Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

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