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Readings

Kana: ヘイ、ハイ、へら、の、くし
Romaji: hei, hai, hera, no, kushi
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

spatula, arrow shaft

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  14
Radical Number:  118
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  2-6-8
Korean Reading:  bi
Chinese Reading:  bi4
Unicode:  7b86
JIS:  4A4F

Indexes

Nelson Index: 3410
New Nelson Index: 4310
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 6f8.11
Four Corner Index: 8811.1
Daikanwanjiten Index: 26114
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 8.0793
Remembering the kanji Index: 2633
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2677

Words

(へら)
spatula
しっぺ返し (しっぺがえし、しっぺいがえし)
returning tit for tat; retaliating
箆棒 (べらぼう)
absurd; unreasonable; awful
靴べら (くつべら)
shoehorn
ゴム箆 (ゴムべら、ゴムベラ)
rubber spatula
()
shaft (of an arrow); arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica)
竹箆 (しっぺい、しっぺ)
bamboo stick used to strike meditators into greater wakefulness (in Zen Buddhism); striking someone's wrist with one's index and middle finger
竹箆 (たけべら)
bamboo spatula
野太い (のぶとい)
audacious; daring; bold; impudent; cheeky; throaty (voice); rough; deep; hoarse
箆鷺 (へらさぎ)
common spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
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