鍬

Readings

Kana: ショウ、シュウ、くわ、すき

Romaji: shō, shū, kuwa, suki

Kana

Romaji

Meaning

hoe with long blade at acute angle

Stroke Diagram

Kanji Info

Stroke Count: 17

Radical Number: 167

Frequency:

Grade: 9

Skip Pattern: 1-8-9

Korean Reading: cho

Chinese Reading: qiao1

Unicode: 936c

JIS: 372D

Indexes

Nelson Index: 4891

New Nelson Index: 6314

Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 8a9.3

Four Corner Index: 8918.0

Japanese Names Index: 2648

Daikanwanjiten Index: 40643

Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 11.0596

Remembering the kanji Index: 2762

2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1566

Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2784

Kodansha Kanji Index: 2205

Words

鍬 (くわ)

hoe

馬鍬 (まぐわ、まんが)

harrow; rake

鍬入れ (くわいれ)

breaking ground; ground-breaking (ceremony); New Year's ceremony in which a hoe is used to break ground in a field lying in a lucky direction

大鍬形 (おおくわがた、オオクワガタ)

giant stag beetle (Dorcus hopei)

鋤鍬 (すきくわ、すきとくわ)

farming implement

くわ入れ式 (くわいれしき)

ground-breaking ceremony

鍬形虫 (くわがたむし、クワガタムシ)

stag beetle

小鍬形 (こくわがた、コクワガタ)

Dorcus rectus (species of stag beetle)

深山鍬形 (みやまくわがた、ミヤマクワガタ)

Miyama stag beetle (Lucanus maculifemoratus)

鋸鍬形虫 (のこぎりくわがた、ノコギリクワガタ)

sawtooth stag beetle (Prosopocoilus inclinatus); saw stag beetle

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