棹

12 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

pole a boat

Kun'yomi
  • さお
    		rod ②neck (of a shamisen, etc.) ③counter for flags (on poles)
  • こぐ
On'yomi
  • トウ
  • タク

Main Radical

木(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

さお 100.0%

Character Breakdown

pole a boat
さお　トウ　タク (Kentei 1)
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)
eminent, table, desk
タク　すぐる　たか (8th, N1)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク　うらな.う　うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
early, fast
はや.い　サッ　ソウ (1st, N4)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
ten
ジュウ　ジッ　ジュッ (1st, N5)

Common Words

さお
棹
　
さ
　
す
to pole (a boat) ②to swim with (the tide) ③to go against (the tide, the flow, etc.)
さお
棹
もの
物
が
菓
し
子
Japanese sweets in the form of long blocks (e.g. yokan, uiro)
さお
棹
もの
物
saomono
さお
棹
だ
立
　
ち
bolting upright
ふと
太
ざお
棹
shamisen with a thick neck
ほそ
細
ざお
棹
shamisen with a thin neck
ちゅう
中
ざお
棹
shamisen with a medium-sized neck
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References

Unicode hex code 68F9
JIS X 0208 1-60-10
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2291
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2738
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1620
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 14992
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4a8.38
Four corner code 4194.6