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
- —木棒wooden stick; wooden pole
- —突棒barbed T-shaped weapon for catching thieves (Edo period)
- —棒馬hobby horse
- —軸棒axial rod; shaft; pintle
- —石棒phallus-shaped stone rod (from the Jōmon period)
- —指揮棒(conductor's) baton; stick; perforated baton; bâton de commandement; bâton percé
- —天秤棒carrying pole; shoulder pole; milkmaid's yoke
- —二本棒simpleton; henpecked husband; sniveler; sniveller; two-sworded samurai
- —平行棒parallel bars
- —編み棒knitting needle
- —棒暗記indiscriminate learning by heart
- —棒切れstick; piece of wood; billet; piece of a broken pole
- —延べ棒(metal) bar; (wooden) rolling pin
- —棒読みreading in a monotone; stiff delivery; wooden delivery; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
- —お先棒flunky; cat's-paw; tool; person whose services are at the disposal of another
- —棒引きdrawing a line (esp. through an entry in a ledger, record book, etc.); striking out; crossing out; cancellation (of a debt); writing off; indicating a long vowel with a long-vowel mark; long-vowel mark; tug of war played with a pole
- —棒倒しgame in which the object is to topple the opposing team's pole
- —棒組みgalley setting; palanquin bearer; fellow; colleague; comrade
- —棒磁石bar magnet
- —飴ん棒stick of candy