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Readings

Kana: テイ、チ、な.ぐ、なぎ、か.る
Romaji: tei, chi, na.gu, nagi, ka.ru
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

mow down (the enemy)

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  16
Radical Number:  140
Frequency: 
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  2-3-13
Korean Reading:  chi
Chinese Reading:  ti4
Unicode:  8599
JIS:  4665

Indexes

Nelson Index: 4072
New Nelson Index: 5221
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3k13.8
Four Corner Index: 4441.4
Daikanwanjiten Index: 32121X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 9.0947
Remembering the kanji Index: 2353
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2099
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2441
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3010

Words

薙刀 (なぎなた、ちょうとう)
halberd; long sword
薙ぎ倒す (なぎたおす)
to mow down; to beat; to cut a swath; to sweep off one's feet
薙刀術 (なぎなたじゅつ)
art of using a naginata (halberd)
横薙ぎ (よこなぎ)
sweeping sideways; mowing down
草薙の剣 (くさなぎのつるぎ)
Kusanagi no Tsurugi (alternate name for Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi; the sword of the Imperial regalia); grass-mowing sword
薙ぎ払う (なぎはらう)
to mow down
薙ぐ (なぐ)
to mow down; to scythe down; to knock someone off their feet
(かんなぎ)
medium; diviner; shaman; oracle
水薙鳥 (みずなぎどり、ミズナギドリ)
petrel (esp. petrels of family Procellariidae)
大水薙鳥 (おおみずなぎどり、オオミズナギドリ)
streaked shearwater (species of seabird, Calonectris leucomelas)
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