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Kanji Detail for 碇 - "anchor"

碇

  • Meaning

    碇 means "anchor."

    1. Anchor - A weight dropped into water to hold a ship in place.

    2. Anchor - To drop an anchor.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    anchor; grapnel

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    anchor

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 碇[ding4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    anchor

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

    A stone for steadying boats. Today iron anchors are also called 碇. Commonly also written as 椗.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    tei(テイ) テイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ikari(いかり) いかり

  • Strokes

    tip

    13 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    石 (ishi・ishihen)

  • Related Keywords

    anchor mooring stone

Sentences including 碇

  • The ship cast anchor at Kobe.

  • The boat anchored near the shore.

  • "Is it raining where you are?" "It's clear."

  • They usually use an anchor to hold a yacht in place.

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