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杖 kanji
staff, cane
- JLPT level
- Not on the lists
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- N1 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- Jinmeiyō (names)
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ジョウ
Kun readings
つえ
Words with 杖
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —杖public caning (60-100 strokes; second least severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
- —錫杖khakkhara (staff topped with metal rings traditionally carried by monks); pewter staff
- —杖術jōjutsu; form of martial art using a cane staff
- —杖道jōdō; form of martial art using a cane staff
- —手杖staff (esp. one used by a monk, e.g. as a walking stick during a pilgrimage)
- —杖鼓janggu (Korean hourglass drum); janggo; changgo
- —職杖mace; (ceremonial) staff
- —白杖white cane (for the blind or visually impaired)
- —牧杖crosier; crozier
- —聖杖holy staff; sacred staff
- —錫杖草yellow bird's-nest (Monotropa hypopitys); pinesap; false beechdrops
- —振り杖flail with a retractable iron weight and chain
- —雛の錫杖Burmannia championii (species of flowering plant)
- —宝玉と勺杖Orb and Sceptre (march by Sir William Walton)
- —儀杖ceremonial weapon; ceremony
- —儀杖兵guard of honour; honor guard; ceremonial guard
- —儀杖隊guard of honour; honor guard