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 163715 Priority Z

Related Vocabulary

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杖

つえ

cane

商人

しょうにん

merchant

一人

ひとり

one person

人数

にんずう

the number of people

他人

たにん

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

素人

しろうと

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

無人

むじん

shorthandedness

万人

ばんにん

ten thousand people

国人

こくじん

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

旅人

たびびと

traveller

二人

ふたり

two persons

人影

ひとかげ

shadow of a person