Kanken 1
杼

Meaning

Kanji 杼

shuttle

shuttle

Stroke Order
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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
どんぐりひ
Onyomi 音読み
ショチョ
Nanori 名乗り
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Jōyō
-
JLPT
-
Frequency
-
Strokes
8
Radical
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Components
-
Kanji Kentei
Level 1
Similar Kanji
序 • 野 • 矛 • 忬 • 抒 • 予 • 伃

Related vocabulary

3 common entries

Showing 3 of 3 entries that include this kanji.

橡

とちのき

Japanese horse chestnut (Aesculus turbinata)

杼

ひ

shuttle (of a loom)

𥝱

じょ

10^24

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

祖母は杼を使ってゆっくり布を織っていた。

My grandmother was slowly weaving cloth with a shuttle.

古い杼が棚の上に大切に置かれている。

An old shuttle is carefully kept on the shelf.

職人は杼を手早く左右に走らせた。

The artisan moved the shuttle quickly from side to side.

この杼は軽いので長時間使っても疲れにくい。

This shuttle is light, so it is not tiring even after long use.

杼の動きが止まると、部屋は急に静かになった。

When the shuttle stopped moving, the room suddenly became quiet.