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Kanji Detail for 矩 - "carpenter's square, rule, rectangle"

矩

  • Meaning

    矩 means "carpenter's square, rule, rectangle."

    1. Carpenter's square - A right-angle measuring tool.

    2. Rectangle - A square shape.

    3. Rule - A law; a standard; a model.

  • Four-character idioms with 矩

    • 規矩準縄 きくじゅんじょう Listen rules and standards; norms; criteria

  • Tattoo check: 矩

    • Verified meaning: carpenter's square, rule, rectangle
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かね, かねざし, く, さしがね)

    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 矩

    Given names 矩(かね)Listen 矩(ただし)Listen 矩(ただす)Listen 矩(のりこ)Listen

    Surnames 矩(かねざし)Listen 矩(く)Listen 矩(さしがね)Listen 矩(のり)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    ruler; carpenter's square

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    carpenter's square, ruler, rule

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 矩[ju3]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    carpenter's square, ruler, rule

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

    The instrument for making circles is called 規. The instrument for making squares is called 矩. (Mencius) "Without compass and square, one cannot make circles and squares." | Rule. (Analects) "Following the rules."

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ku(ク) ク

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kane(かね) かね

    kanezashi(かねざし) かねざし

    sashigane(さしがね) さしがね

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    矢 (ya・yahen)

  • Related Keywords

    carpenter's square rectangle rule measurement standard model regulation norm criterion geometry precision perpendicular right angle straight

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