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Kanji Detail for 棒 - "stick"

棒

  • Meaning

    棒 means "stick." Also associated with to strike, unchanging.

    1. Stick - A rod; a pole; a staff.

    2. Strike - To hit with a stick.

    3. Line - A straight mark.

    4. Rigid - Stiff and unchanging like a stick.

  • Words using 棒

    • 鉄棒 てつぼう Listen iron rod; iron bar; iron club
    • 用心棒 ようじんぼう Listen bodyguard; bouncer; (security) guard
    • ぶっきら棒 ぶっきらぼう Listen curt; blunt; brusque

  • Four-character idioms with 棒

    • 針小棒大 しんしょうぼうだい Listen exaggeration; making a mountain out of a molehill

  • Tattoo check: 棒

    • Verified meaning: stick
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ささげ, すえいし, すえお, すえかわ)
    • Also carries these associations: to strike, unchanging

    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 棒

    Surnames 棒(ささげ)Listen 棒(すえいし)Listen 棒(すえお)Listen 棒(すえかわ)Listen 棒(すえなり)Listen 棒(すえまさ)Listen 棒(すえもり)Listen 棒(ぼう)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    rod; stick; cane; pole; club; line

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    stick, club, truncheon; hit

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    stick; club; cudgel; smart; capable; strong; wonderful; classifier for legs of a relay race

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    stick, club; strong, smart; to hit

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

    A wooden staff. Clubs and the like. Originally written as 棓.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    boh(ボウ) ボウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    木 (ki・kihen)

  • Related Keywords

    stick strike unchanging rod pole baton beat cane club staff bar wand hit blow

Sentences including 棒

  • The thief ran away and the policeman ran after him.

  • The policeman didn't believe the thief.

  • The thief got away with the money.

  • The policeman caught the thief.

  • We caught the thief.

  • The police found out the thief.

  • The thieves ran away after it got dark.

  • My house was robbed while i was away.

  • My house was broken into last night.

  • The thief ran away when she saw the policeman.

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