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Kanji Detail for 枘 - "tenon"

  • Meaning

    枘 means "tenon."

    1. Tenon - A projection on one piece of wood for fitting into another.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    the handle of tools; tenon; cog

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    the handle of tools

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    tenon; tool handle; wedge

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    a handle for a tool

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

    To carve a wooden end to fit into a hole. Refers to where a handle fits into a socket. From "Songs of Chu": "A round hole with a square peg, I know it will clash and not fit." Now incompatibility is also called 鑿枘.
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