差し金

さしがね

Also written 差金, 指金

Meanings

1. Noun carpenter's square (also written as 指矩) See also: 曲尺 (かねじゃく).
2. instigation; suggestion; manipulation; (someone's) doing
3. metal wire with a prop animal (e.g. butterfly, bird) attached to the end
4. rod used to control the arm of a puppet (in bunraku)

Kanji

• 差 gap. Read as さし.
• 金 money. Read as かね.

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