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Kanji Detail for 釘 - "nail, pin"

釘

  • Meaning

    釘 means "nail, pin." Also associated with fasten.

    1. Nail - A metal fastener driven into wood.

    2. Pin - A fastening device.

    3. Fasten - To secure; to fix firmly.

  • Tattoo check: 釘

    • Verified meaning: nail, pin
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read くぎさき, くぎざき, ていざき)
    • Also carries these associations: fasten

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 釘

    Surnames 釘(くぎさき)Listen 釘(くぎざき)Listen 釘(ていざき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    nail; tack; peg

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    nail, spike; pursue closely

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    nail; to follow closely; to keep at sb (to do sth); variant of 盯[ding1]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    nail, spike

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Used to pierce through objects and fasten them securely. | To nail an object.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    choh(チョウ) チョウ

    tei(テイ) テイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kugi(くぎ) くぎ

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    金 (kane・kanehen)

  • Related Keywords

    nail pin fasten spike tack attach bolt brad carpentry construction hammer hardware iron metal rivet screw secure point driven

Sentences including 釘

  • I stepped on a nail.

  • The nail that sticks up gets hammered down.

  • I hung my hat on the peg.

  • The nail tore his jacket.

  • A nail punctured the tire.

  • We found a nail stuck in the tire.

  • A nail penetrated the car tyre.

  • She scratched her finger on a nail.

  • Drive the nail into the board.

  • Tom can't take his eyes off his phone.

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