Kanji1 / 12
棒 kanji
rod, stick, cane, pole, club, line
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
On readings
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Kun readings
NoneWords with 棒
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —つかえ棒stay bar; bearer bar
- —のばし棒rolling pin; extension bar; katakana-hiragana prolonged sound mark
- —延ばし棒rolling pin; extension bar; katakana-hiragana prolonged sound mark
- —あたり棒pestle
- —お払い棒purification wand with paper streamers used in rites
- —てんびん棒carrying pole; shoulder pole; milkmaid's yoke
- —突っかい棒prop; support
- —突っ支い棒prop; support
- —薮から棒にout of the blue; all of a sudden; without warning; unexpectedly
- —籔から棒にout of the blue; all of a sudden; without warning; unexpectedly
- —つっぱり棒(spring) tension rod; tension pole
- —片棒かつぎtaking part (in a crime); participation; partner (in crime); accomplice
- —やぶから棒bolt from the blue; unforeseen event; complete surprise
- —犬棒カルタinubō karuta (type of iroha karuta originating in Edo)
- —やぶから棒にout of the blue; all of a sudden; without warning; unexpectedly
- —片棒をかつぐto take part in (usu. something bad); to be a party to; to have a hand in
- —棒キャンデーcandy stick; lollipop
- —持ってけ泥棒it's (so cheap it's) a steal!; take it away, thief
- —もってけ泥棒it's (so cheap it's) a steal!; take it away, thief
- —お先棒をかつぐto be a willing cats-paw; to willingly act as someone's tool