さっ
薩
ちょう
長

noun

Messages.hist.
  1. Satsuma and Chōshū (clan alliance).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
さっ
薩
ちょう
長
 薩長 さっちょう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

salvation, Buddha
サツ　さっ　サチ (Kentei Pre-1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
products, bear, give birth
サン　う.む　うぶ- (4th, N3)
give birth, bring forth, produce
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ　リツ　たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン　かりがね (Kentei 1)
life, genuine, birth
セイ　い.きる　う.まれる (1st, N5)
long, leader, superior
チョウ　なが.い　おさ (2nd, N5)
left hand
garment, clothes, dressing
イ　ころも　きぬ (4th, N2)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
garment(衣) variant