Word Meaning 引目

ひきめ hikime

引目 is read as ひきめ (hikime) and means large, perforated, turnip-shaped arrowhead cover made of Japanese bigleaf magnolia or paulownia.

Meaning

English

  1. large, perforated, turnip-shaped arrowhead cover made of Japanese bigleaf magnolia or paulownia
  2. harmless arrow affixed with such a cover (that whistles when shot and is used to drive off evil spirits)

Reading

Kana

ひきめ

Romaji

hikime

Writing Variants

  • 蟇目 ひきめ hikime

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 9 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 47556 Priority H

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