Kanji 杖 Words: Meanings and Readings

杖

つえ

cane

アスクレピオスの杖

アスクレピオスのつえ

rod of Asclepius

そば杖

そばづえ

blow received by a bystander

粥杖

かゆづえ

wand used when preparing gruel for the 15th of the first month (said to cure sterility in women)

儀じょう

ぎじょう

ceremonial weapon

儀じょう隊

ぎじょうたい

guard of honour

儀じょう兵

ぎじょうへい

guard of honour

金剛杖

こんごうじょう

pilgrim's staff

虎杖

いたどり

Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica)

三毬杖

さぎちょう

burning of New Year's gate decorations (usu. on the 15th day of the New Year)

仕込み杖

しこみづえ

swordstick

鹿杖

かせづえ

forked stick

錫杖

さくじょう

khakkhara (staff topped with metal rings traditionally carried by monks)

錫杖草

しゃくじょうそう

yellow bird's-nest (Monotropa hypopitys)

手杖

しゅじょう

staff (esp. one used by a monk, e.g. as a walking stick during a pilgrimage)

松葉づえ

まつばづえ

crutch

杖

じょう

public caning (60-100 strokes; second least severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)

杖とも柱とも頼む

つえともはしらともたのむ

to count on someone as the only support

杖に縋るとも人に縋るな

つえにすがるともひとにすがるな

don't be a burden to others

杖をつく

つえをつく

to walk with a cane

杖を携える

つえをたずさえる

to carry a cane

杖鼓

じょうこ

janggu (Korean hourglass drum)

杖術

じょうじゅつ

jōjutsu

杖状

つえじょう

staff-shaped

杖柱

つえはしら

person upon whom one relies

杖道

じょうどう

jōdō

職杖

しょくじょう

mace

振り杖

ふりじょう

flail with a retractable iron weight and chain

雛の錫杖

ひなのしゃくじょう

Burmannia championii (species of flowering plant)

竹のつえ

たけのつえ

bamboo rod (stick, pole)

転ばぬ先の杖

ころばぬさきのつえ

prevention is better than cure

撞木杖

しゅもくづえ

crutches

白杖

はくじょう

white cane (for the blind or visually impaired)

宝玉と勺杖

ほうぎょくとしゃくじょう

Orb and Sceptre (march by Sir William Walton)

方杖

ほうづえ

brace (in construction)

頬づえをつく

ほおづえをつく

to rest one's chin in one's hands

牧杖

ぼくじょう

crosier

魔法の杖

まほうのつえ

magic wand

魔法杖

まほうづえ

magic wand

面杖

つらづえ

resting one's chin in one's hands