鍔

sword guard; kettle brim

17 strokes.

Readings

• つば (kun reading): 鍔 (つば) guard (on a sword); 金鍔焼き (きんつばやき) confection of sweetened beans wrapped in wheat-flour dough (in the shape of a sword guard)
• ガク (on reading)

Components

• 金
• 咢
• 二 radical two
• 勹 radical wrap
• 口 radical mouth
• 金 radical gold; metal

Words using 鍔

• 鍔 (つば) guard (on a sword)
• 金鍔焼き (きんつばやき) confection of sweetened beans wrapped in wheat-flour dough (in the shape of a sword guard)
• 鍔音 (つばおと) sound when stopping the blade of a sword with the guard
• どじょう汁に金鍔 (どじょうじるにきんつば) two things that do not go well together
• 鍔広 (つばびろ) wide brim (e.g. of hat)

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