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Kanji Detail for 鞍 - "saddle"

  • Meaning

    鞍 means "saddle."

    1. Saddle - Equipment placed on a horse or cow's back for carrying riders or cargo.

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    • Verified meaning: saddle
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あみ, くら)

    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

    Surnames (あみ)Listen (くら)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    saddle

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    saddle; any saddle-shaped object

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 鞍[an1]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    saddle

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

    A horse saddle.
  • Onyomi

    tip
  • Kunyomi

    tip
  • Strokes

    tip
  • Radical

    tip
  • Related Keywords

Sentences including

  • I saddled the horse myself.

  • Getting into a hot spring at Norikura is great.

  • It's lonely in the saddle since the horse died.

  • Before getting on a horse, you usually put a saddle on its back.

  • The pommel horse requires more balance than strength.

  • It looks like Tom doesn't know how to put a saddle on a horse.

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