Kanken 1

Meaning

Kanji 棹

pole a boat

pole a boat

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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
こ.ぐさお
Onyomi 音読み
タクトウ
Nanori 名乗り
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Jōyō
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JLPT
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Frequency
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Strokes
12
Radical
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Components
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Kanji Kentei
Level 1
Similar Kanji

Related vocabulary

Showing 11 common entries

Showing 11 of 11 entries that include this kanji.

竿

さお

beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance)

竿秤

さおばかり

beam balance

棹さす

さおさす

to go against (the tide, the flow, etc.)

棹歌

とうか

boatmen's song

棹物

さおもの

saomono

棹物菓子

さおものがし

Japanese sweets in the form of long blocks (e.g. yokan, uiro)

棹立ち

さおだち

bolting upright

殻竿

からざお

flail (for threshing grain)

細棹

ほそざお

shamisen with a thin neck

太棹

ふとざお

shamisen with a thick neck

中棹

ちゅうざお

shamisen with a medium-sized neck

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

彼は浅い川でをさして舟を進めた。

He poled the boat along in a shallow river.

舟頭は長いを使って静かに向こう岸へ渡った。

The boatman quietly crossed to the opposite bank using a long pole.

このあたりではがないと舟は動かしにくい。

Around here, it is hard to move a boat without a pole.

祖父は若いころ、川舟をで操っていた。

When he was young, my grandfather handled riverboats with a pole.

流れがゆるいので、を一本借りれば十分です。

Since the current is gentle, borrowing one pole is enough.