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Kanji Detail for 杖 - "staff, cane, support"
杖
- Meaning
杖 means "staff, cane, support."
Staff - A walking stick; a cane for support.
Cane - A stick used for walking assistance.
Rely - To depend on; to lean upon for support.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
staff; cane
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
cane, walking stick
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
a staff; a rod; cane; walking stick; to flog with a stick (old)
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
cane, walking stick
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
What the elderly hold to help them walk. | Using a staff is called 杖. At sixty, one uses a staff in the village. At seventy, in the state. At eighty, at court. From "Book of Rites, Royal Regulations." | Staffs are used in mourning rites for three years of mourning, meaning grief prevents one from standing. Period mourning also distinguishes between 杖期 (with staff) and 不杖期 (without staff). | A wooden stick. Hence striking with a wooden stick is also called 杖. Such as 刑杖 (punishment cane), formerly one of the five punishments, colloquially called the big paddle. | To hold. Also to rely on. Both interchangeable with 仗.
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Sentences including 杖
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
財産家ならもっと大きな家でも造るさ」この時先生は起き上って、縁台の上に胡坐をかいていたが、こういい終ると、竹の杖の先で地面の上へ円のようなものを描き始めた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私は自分の居間で机の上に頬杖を突きながら、その琴の音を聞いていました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私は自分の居間で机の上に頬杖を突きながら、その琴の音を聞いていました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha