Kanji1 / 16
鞘 kanji
sheath, case, margin, difference, shells (of beans)
- JLPT level
- Not on the lists
- Strokes
- 16
- School grade
- Jinmeiyō (names)
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ショウソウ
Kun readings
さや
Words with 鞘
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —腱鞘sheath of tendon
- —髄鞘myelin sheath (around the axon of a neuron)
- —翅鞘elytron
- —葉鞘leaf sheath; vagina
- —卵鞘ootheca; egg case
- —金利鞘interest margin
- —腱鞘炎tenosynovitis; tendonitis; tendinitis
- —鞘翅類coleopterans; beetles
- —幼芽鞘coleoptile; acrospire
- —神経鞘腫schwannoma; neurilemmoma
- —ミエリン鞘myelin sheath (around the axon of a neuron)