This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: バン、ひ.く
Romaji: ban, hi.ku
Kana
Romaji

Name Reading

Kana: ひき
Romaji: hiki
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

saw, turn (lathe), grind

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  10
Radical Number:  64
Frequency: 
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  1-3-7
Korean Reading:  man
Chinese Reading:  wan3
Unicode:  633d
JIS:  4854

Indexes

Halpern Index: 427
Nelson Index: 1918
New Nelson Index: 2172
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3c7.13
Four Corner Index: 5701.6
Daikanwanjiten Index: 12111X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 5.0239
Remembering the kanji Index: 2244
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 384
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2350
Kodansha Kanji Index: 511

Words

挽歌 (ばんか)
elegy; funeral song
挽回 (ばんかい)
recovery; restoration
二頭挽き (にとうびき)
two-horse cart
ひき肉 (ひきにく)
minced meat; ground meat
名誉挽回 (めいよばんかい)
restoring one's impaired reputation; regaining one's honor; redeeming oneself
挽く (ひく)
to saw; to grind (e.g. coffee beans); to mill
粗挽き (あらびき)
coarsely ground (e.g. coffee, grain); minced (e.g. meat)
挽き茶 (ひきちゃ、てんちゃ)
powdered green tea (steamed and dried before being stone-ground)
退勢挽回 (たいせいばんかい)
restoring the declining fortunes; recovering from the discouraging situation; reversing the downward trend
合い挽き (あいびき)
beef and pork ground together
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