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Kanji Detail for 杷 - "rake, loquat"

杷

  • Meaning

    杷 means "rake, loquat." Also associated with handle.

    1. Rake - A farm tool for gathering grain.

    2. Loquat - Part of the word for loquat fruit (biwa).

    3. Handle - The grip of a tool.

  • Tattoo check: 杷

    • Verified meaning: rake, loquat
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Also carries these associations: handle

    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.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    kind of rake; loquat

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    loquat

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    handle or shaft (of an axe etc); hoe; to harrow

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    loquat tree; axe handle

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

    A farming tool. Commonly written as 耙. | 枇杷: A fruit tree name. Over one zhang tall. Leaves are elongated oval. White flowers with five petals. Fruit ripens in early summer, round and yellow, with fine hairs on the skin. Taste is sweet and sour. Those with whiter flesh, colloquially called 白沙枇杷, are especially sweet. Those from Dongting Mountain in Jiangsu are most famous.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ha(ハ) ハ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    tsuka(つか) つか

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    木 (ki・kihen)

  • Related Keywords

    rake loquat handle farming tool fruit tree pole collect gather grain grasp hold paddy rice

Sentences including 杷

  • Have you ever eaten a loquat?

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