Kanken 1
銜

Meaning

Kanji 銜

horse's bit

horse's bit

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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
くつわくわ.える
Onyomi 音読み
カン
Nanori 名乗り
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Jōyō
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JLPT
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Frequency
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Strokes
14
Radical
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Components
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Kanji Kentei
Level 1
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Related vocabulary

10 common entries

Showing 10 of 10 entries that include this kanji.

含む

ふくむ

to hold in the mouth

咥える

くわえる

to hold in one's mouth

くわえ煙草

くわえタバコ

smoking a cigarette without holding it with one's fingers

くわえ込む

くわえこむ

mengulum dalam-dalam

轡

くつわ

bit (mouthpiece)

銜え箸

くわえばし

holding one's chopsticks in one's mouth (a breach of etiquette)

馬銜

はみ

bit (mouthpiece)

横銜え

よこぐわえ

holding horizontally in one's mouth

指をくわえる

ゆびをくわえる

to look on enviously while doing nothing

枚を銜む

ばいをふくむ

(of a horse) to be gagged

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

馬の銜がゆるいと、うまく操れない。

If the horse's bit is loose, the horse cannot be controlled well.

出発の前に、彼は銜を丁寧に確かめた。

Before setting out, he carefully checked the horse's bit.

その銜は銀で飾られていて、とても美しかった。

That horse's bit was decorated with silver and was very beautiful.

古い絵には、立派な銜をつけた馬が描かれている。

An old painting shows a horse wearing a fine bit.

職人は壊れた銜を新しいものに取り替えた。

The craftsman replaced the broken horse's bit with a new one.