Readings

Kana: チョウ、テイ、てこ、つえ
Romaji: chō, tei, teko, tsue
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

lever

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  11
Radical Number:  75
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-4-7
Korean Reading:  jeong
Chinese Reading:  ting4
Unicode:  6883
JIS:  5B6C

Indexes

Nelson Index: 2266
New Nelson Index: 2691
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4a6.29
Four Corner Index: 4294.1
Daikanwanjiten Index: 14827
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 6.0357

Words

(ちょう)
counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.
てこの原理 (てこのげんり)
principle of leverage
手こずる (てこずる)
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
変てこりん (へんてこりん、ヘンテコリン)
strange; weird
テコでも動かない (テコでもうごかない、てこでもうごかない)
refusing to budge; adamant; intransigent; unyielding
梃子 (てこ)
lever
テコ入れ (テコいれ、てこいれ)
supporting; shoring up
鉄梃 (かなてこ)
crowbar
変梃 (へんてこ、ヘンテコ)
strange; weird
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