Kanji Detail for 鎞 - "comb, spatula"

鎞

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
鎞 means "comb, spatula."
1. Comb - A tool for arranging hair.
2. Spatula - A metal scraper; a trowel.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

plowshare; barb; lancet

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

plowshare; barb, lancet

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

plowshare; barb, lancet

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

A comb for hair. Commonly written as 篦. | A blade resembling an arrowhead is called 鎞. "Golden needle scraping the eye membrane" is found in Du Fu's poetry. The expression originates from the Nirvana Sutra, meaning to restore sight to the blind.
Onyomi

bi(び)

hai(はい)

hei(へい)

hi(ひ)
Kunyomi

kanzashi
Strokes

18 strokes
Radical

金 (kane・kanehen)
Related Keywords
comb tool arranging hair spatula metal scraper trowel