Word Meaning 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 tsue ni sugarutomohito ni sugaruna

杖に縋るとも人に縋るな is read as つえにすがるともひとにすがるな (tsue ni sugarutomohito ni sugaruna) and means don't be a burden to others.

Meaning

English

don't be a burden to others
lean on your cane, but don't lean on others

Reading

Kana

つえにすがるともひとにすがるな

Romaji

tsue ni sugarutomohito ni sugaruna

Stroke Sequence

11 Characters • 58 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 1級 Proverb ✓ Rank 163338 Priority Z

Related Vocabulary

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杖

つえ

cane

商人

あきうど

merchant

小人

こども

child

素人

しらびと

respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha)

一人

ひとり

one person

夫人

ふじん

consort of the emperor

人数

にんず

the number of people

他人

ひと

unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood)

無人

ぶにん

shorthandedness

万人

ばんじん

ten thousand people

国人

くにうど

daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)

旅人

たびと

traveller