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Kanji Detail for 杖 - "staff, cane"

杖

  • Meaning

    杖 means "staff, cane." Also associated with rely.

    1. Staff - A walking stick; a cane for support.

    2. Cane - A stick used for walking assistance.

    3. Rely - To depend on; to lean upon for support.

  • Tattoo check: 杖

    • Verified meaning: staff, cane
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read つえさき)
    • Also carries these associations: rely

    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 杖

    Surnames 杖(つえさき)Listen

  • 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.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    joh(ジョウ) ジョウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    tsue(つえ) つえ

  • Strokes

    tip

    7 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    木 (ki・kihen)

  • Related Keywords

    staff cane rely lean on walking aid rod stick crutch support prop balance hiking mobility depend

Sentences including 杖

  • The stick didn't help him any.

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