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棚

Readings

Kana: ホウ、たな、-だな
Romaji: hou, tana, -dana
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

shelf, ledge, rack, mount, mantle, trellis

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  12
Radical Number:  75
Frequency:  1594
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-4-8
Korean Reading:  paeng
Chinese Reading:  peng2
Unicode:  68da
JIS:  432A

Indexes

Halpern Index: 984
Nelson Index: 2300
New Nelson Index: 2748
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4a8.10
Four Corner Index: 4792.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 1562
Gakken Index: 1696
Japanese Names Index: 1625
Daikanwanjiten Index: 14941X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 6.0398
Remembering the kanji Index: 202
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1439
Kodansha Compact Index: 1103
Kanji in Context Index: 1536
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 672
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 895
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 206
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 214
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1238
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1846
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1554

Words

棚 (たな)
shelf; shelves; ledge; rack; trellis
大陸棚 (たいりくだな)
continental shelf
棚上げ (たなあげ)
shelving; pigeonholing
棚浚え (たなざらえ)
clearance sale
棚引く (たなびく)
to linger; to hover above; to trail; to hang over; to lie over
棚田 (たなだ)
terraced rice-fields
本棚 (ほんだな)
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
違い棚 (ちがいだな)
set of staggered shelves
棚ぼた (たなぼた、タナボタ)
godsend; windfall
棚卸 (たなおろし)
stocktaking; inventory count
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